Comments on: Your Music Is Worthless http://www.lordgonchar.com/your-music-is-worthless/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Lord Gonchar - Starving Musicians http://www.lordgonchar.com/your-music-is-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Lord Gonchar - Starving Musicians Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:33:57 +0000 http://www.lordgonchar.com/2007/11/06/your-music-is-worthless/#comment-1989 [...] 6, 2007 – Your Music Is Worthless November 8, 2007 – Your Music Is Still Worthless May 6th, 2008 – NIN The Slip February [...] [...] 6, 2007 – Your Music Is Worthless November 8, 2007 – Your Music Is Still Worthless May 6th, 2008 – NIN The Slip February [...]

]]> By: Lord Gonchar - The Plan To Save The Music Biz http://www.lordgonchar.com/your-music-is-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 Lord Gonchar - The Plan To Save The Music Biz Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:08:33 +0000 http://www.lordgonchar.com/2007/11/06/your-music-is-worthless/#comment-1958 [...] away a half-baked release and promotes it as “sticking to the system.” (See posts: Your Music Is Worthless – Your Music Is Still Worthless – NIN The [...] [...] away a half-baked release and promotes it as “sticking to the system.” (See posts: Your Music Is Worthless – Your Music Is Still Worthless – NIN The [...]

]]> By: jeffyjones http://www.lordgonchar.com/your-music-is-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-955 jeffyjones Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:15:34 +0000 http://www.lordgonchar.com/2007/11/06/your-music-is-worthless/#comment-955 One thing to keep in mind is that Radiohead keeps nearly all of that money. I doubt they were making that much from their record company. One thing to keep in mind is that Radiohead keeps nearly all of that money. I doubt they were making that much from their record company.

]]> By: Tekno http://www.lordgonchar.com/your-music-is-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Tekno Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:57:44 +0000 http://www.lordgonchar.com/2007/11/06/your-music-is-worthless/#comment-937 While I agree that we've started to 'devalue' music and movies and other things that can be attained fairly easily thru oft illegal digital means, I think the first step in the devaluing came from the Record Companies, and that is really sucky for the up and comers. Like you said, you have to be popular to be successful (although I feel that is starting to change), but when record labels started to focus on the Britany Spears and Backstreet Boy group, hardly talented kids who looked good and sold to the demographic there was no shortage of (teens asking mommy and daddy for money), they devalued music. They still made you pay a buttload for a CD that really wasn't as valuable as the cost. Sure, the cost to produce the album goes beyond the physical media into actual production, but when you're selling Crap for $16.99 and then people realize "Hey, I should only be paying for the songs I like" (intro iTunes), then you get people only willing to pay $2.88 for an album from anyone, because we've all been so burned in the past. I mean, sure, not everyone is likely to like every single song on every album. I LOVE me some Janet Jackson, but I still don't like every song on her albums. But where I would pay the $16.99 for her and then turn around and pay $50 for a boxed set for her, I wouldn't pay that price for someone who I think only has one actual 'GOOD' song on their overproduced album. I get where you're coming from, but I think the record labels started to devalue the music (and the artists) before the public ever did. While I agree that we’ve started to ‘devalue’ music and movies and other things that can be attained fairly easily thru oft illegal digital means, I think the first step in the devaluing came from the Record Companies, and that is really sucky for the up and comers.

Like you said, you have to be popular to be successful (although I feel that is starting to change), but when record labels started to focus on the Britany Spears and Backstreet Boy group, hardly talented kids who looked good and sold to the demographic there was no shortage of (teens asking mommy and daddy for money), they devalued music.

They still made you pay a buttload for a CD that really wasn’t as valuable as the cost. Sure, the cost to produce the album goes beyond the physical media into actual production, but when you’re selling Crap for $16.99 and then people realize “Hey, I should only be paying for the songs I like” (intro iTunes), then you get people only willing to pay $2.88 for an album from anyone, because we’ve all been so burned in the past.

I mean, sure, not everyone is likely to like every single song on every album. I LOVE me some Janet Jackson, but I still don’t like every song on her albums. But where I would pay the $16.99 for her and then turn around and pay $50 for a boxed set for her, I wouldn’t pay that price for someone who I think only has one actual ‘GOOD’ song on their overproduced album.

I get where you’re coming from, but I think the record labels started to devalue the music (and the artists) before the public ever did.

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