[dwishbone]

you guys see the thing about the itunes recycler site? what bs is that? well..apple and pepsi must have thought of losers trying something like that.

"Maximum number of valid Codes per email address/person that can be entered at the Web Site is 10 per day and 200 total throughout the Promotion Period."

im also sick of the "artists dont get enough money" crap. sure they get screwed. the labels are ALWAYS going to screw them. thats not ever going to change. ive heard they get more from services like iTunes than they do on CD sales. so why all the complaining? its a better deal than they were getting.
also, if they don't like it...screw the labels. in this day and age you could pretty easily run a grass roots promotion of your own work. make your own cds. sell them online. sell music online. book your own concerts. do it all yourself. if they don't like their current situation..then shut up and do something about it. to quote grampa simpson "bitch, bitch, bitch".


on that note...ill take anyone's unused codes if they dont want them

[absmiths]

Originally posted by dwishbone:
im also sick of the "artists dont get enough money" crap. sure they get screwed. the labels are ALWAYS going to screw them. thats not ever going to change. ive heard they get more from services like iTunes than they do on CD sales. so why all the complaining? its a better deal than they were getting.

It's hard to see the lives of any of the pop artists and end up thinking "Gee, those guys just don't make enough money." Their percentages may be small, but even a moderately popular group ends up making a tidy sum (when you consider royalties from sales, radio, and concerts).

Besides, a LOT of what goes into an album has nothing to do with the artists themselves. Take a degenerate case like Britney Spears. Someone writes her a song, arranges it for the band, spends hours in production and engineering, making the perfect music video, promoting it for airplay, distributing it, etc, and she (rightly) has to share profits with them.

[Turias]

I've always wanted to just download a CD off the internet and then mail a check for $10-15 directly to the artist with a note saying, "I downloaded your album and really like it. Here's some cash."

I wonder what they would think of that...

[bbales]

Originally posted by Turias:
I've always wanted to just download a CD off the internet and then mail a check for $10-15 directly to the artist with a note saying, "I downloaded your album and really like it. Here's some cash."

I wonder what they would think of that...

They'd probably drop over in shock. But -- would you really do it? I read an interview with Mike Bombich, creator of Carbon Copy Cloner, and he says most people don't pay him for his software.

And that reminds me, I need to send money for CCC! (See, I have great intentions, but I haven't followed through yet...)

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally posted by Turias:
I've always wanted to just download a CD off the internet and then mail a check for $10-15 directly to the artist with a note saying, "I downloaded your album and really like it. Here's some cash."

I wonder what they would think of that...

I'd be stoked on that. The bands I'd send money to would be stoked too. But then again, most of them aren't even on labels that belong to the RIAA. Moot point, I guess.

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by bbales:
They'd probably drop over in shock. But -- would you really do it? I read an interview with Mike Bombich, creator of Carbon Copy Cloner, and he says most people don't pay him for his software.

I've noticed that with my shareware. Apps that have "nagware" screens do better than those that don't. Apps that are "crippleware" do better still, and apps that expire unless you pay do the best.

[Bobby]

If anybody doesn't want their winning Pepsi iTunes caps, I'll gladly take them...

[jfinete]

It seems that any person or organization with an agenda in the record industry has to somehow name-drop iTunes or iPod.

What would be a useful is if Coke-drinking iTunes users (such as myself) could exchange winning bottle caps with Pepsi-drinking MusicMatch users.