I hope iTunes in Finland or Spain or wherever it is you live do the free downloads too :P
Or in SWEDEN perhaps ;)
Well I tried it without any success. I can't buy anything anyways cause I don't have a mastercard or anything like that...I was hoping that you could pay from your internet bank account.
Downloading a couple of songs to try out a band is no different than when my friends would tape me their albums.
If I really liked the band, I would buy their single but back then my pocket money was really limited. We are talking one album every six months, one single every month or two.
I had to rely on the radio, mtv and my friend's mixtapes because I had no money to buy music.
If I were a kid now, I would be spending exactly the same money on music (next to nothing) BUT I would have a much broader appreciation of what was out there from the downloading and sharing.
As an adult with an income, I am happy to pay for music. I think radiohead's idea was good (Harvey Danger did the same thing several years before and no one cared).
One label has a podcast with free downloads of their up and coming bands. All the labels seem to have embraced myspace etc.
The music business are right to expect money for the product they are selling but their claim that every download represents a loss of income is nonsense.
The problems come when the lawyers panic and lose sense of proportion.
When someone finds a band that they really like or a song that they love, they are more likely to go to gigs, buy merch and get the cds. Just to be a fan, just to have the experience, to be able to prove their love.
The music industry needs to concentrate on promoting and grooming bands to make the sorts of music that inspires fans.
When someone finds a band that they really like or a song that they love, they are more likely to go to gigs, buy merch and get the cds. Just to be a fan, just to have the experience, to be able to prove their love.
Welcome seasonticket. This point you made is spot on: that's why the people who support illegal downloads know that music fans will eventually spend money on the cds, tours, ect. If I support a band, I prefer to get the hard copy cds, singles, whatever. And I'm glad to see Travis on that list.
I enjoy having CD's too, at least from my favourite bands. I still think that there should be a lot more digital downloads out there. As I'm pretty new at this, how does I-tunes work? Do I have to have an I-pod or something to use it? Can I download the program, download a song that I can't find anywhere else and then delete the program and still have the song saved on my computer?
iTunes uses the .aac file format which is compatible with your Zen X-Fi and some programs like realplayer, but not others like Windows Media Player. It's easier to download the program and leave it installed on your computer, then you can definitely play back the files and download the weekly free track (that's what I do :)), but you could uninstall it without removing your new tracks, especially if they're on your mp3 player too.
No free tracks on Finnish iTunes. Some podcasts are free, of course.
I download from 7Digital or even Play.com now. But that's only for b-sides. I buy proper albums on CDs. It's just a personal thing, i like to have the CD. I'm a geek.
The same for me. ;)
But 10 years ago, when I didn't have money for a CD, I wouln't steal it! I would say "next month" or "next time"; now everybody wants everything NOW!! And I know people who have thousands of songs in their computers (illegally downloaded, of course) and they don't listen to half of them!
Legal download is a good solution: you can have one song for one euro (once again in France) and do you know we don't have a ticket for the bus at this price? So if artists do well out of this deal, it really works for me.
Some artists agree with the fact of giving their music totally for free? Good for them. But I don't know if it's a good solution to say "Go get it for free, I really don't care!" And I'm not sure that procecuting people for illegally downloading is a good solution either.
The more I think about it, the more it seems inextricable to me!! Professionals have to rethink the way they work but people really have to rethink the way they buy anyway.
well I really like to have the CD (don't really think that's geek) ... I download just bsides, because I don't have money enough to order singles ( it's expensive here in mexico)... anyway I agree free music isn't the solution, it makes people just ignore that people works hard to make somethings (like music industry where things aren't cheap), and it's their job!!! if people likes to have something, people must to pay for those somethings...
Good to see the boys amoung the people supportin this
Travis frontman Fran Healy said: "As money has been drained out of the record business and the record companies have panicked, it has all got very confusing."
Actually, I think music is very cheap. What else is there that costs £10 that you can cherish forever?
Totally agree, there is nothing better holding a new album from your fave artist in your mitts! Downloading is souless, I use it only for the stuff I can't get otherwise.
And of course we should pay for it. It's an insult to the artist to think we should get it for free!
Well I don't think anyone with a common sense thinks music should be completely free, we're only supporting modern solutions cause the music industry is pretty messed up.
I think we just have to accept the fact that music will be more digital in the future, but of course people should pay for it in some way.
I don't think music should be free. Next we'll be saying it's human rights to have food and we'll be wanting 3 course meals for nothing. Why should we get music for free when we have to pay for everything else? Are people going to expect films for nothing? I'm off to New York later in the year. I was worried about the cost but apparently it's going to be free, so that's ok.
Also, a download is soulless. I buy my CDs from Play.com. A lot of the time it's cheaper than a legal download. Got Amy Macdonald CD for £5 recently. Point being, downloads need to be cheaper. I will continue to buy CDs though for my albums. B-sides is different, I get them from iTunes.
Yeah I agree, music shouldn't be free. The combination of free music with advancing technology would also surely speed up the death of the industry. Imagine having a portable music device that could access and play any music from the internet instantly, without cost. You could fix it to your car, plug it in to your hi-fi system, listen to it on-the-go. Sounds awesome from our point of view. Problem is, the music industry would be penniless, and the likes of music on radio stations would be made redundant. To legitimise free music without any other system in place would be to kill commercial music itself. I'd be pulling the rug from underneath the industry's feet - all it can do is collapse.
It seems clear to me that the music industry needs to change itself quite radically and come up with some innovative way of earning cash though, 'cos what's in place at the moment just doesn't seem to be working. Once that new structure is in place - which may or may not involve us paying for the music on our computers, ipods etc - then, so long as it is fair and adequate for the musicians, I don't see a problem.
As for CD's, I love having a physical copy of music. The album sleeves are cool and apart from anything else its reassuring to have that backup incase your hard-drive breaks. But, sadly, I can't help but feel that we're only going to be seeing them in retro and antique stores in a couple of decades time.
