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Originally posted by JiriHrdina@Feb 9 2005, 05:11 AM
CDs are one of the best values out there. For 15 dollars you get someone's art, something they've poured their heart and soul into (assuming its a good artist and not a hack). You get something that you can enjoy time and time again for years. In contrast you spend almost the same amount of money to go to a movie, something that is over and done in 2 hours.
Really - CDs are the best deal around. The hard cost of producing the CDs is irrelevant. Its about the value of what is being produced.
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red flag!
until a band sells 150,000 albums they don't even get a slice of every CD purchase. in fact one huge reason there's so many one-hit wonders is because the record companies have figured out how to milk a band for all its short-term good before they get any real rights.
bands get signed on this pretty standard deal and get paid what the record company thinks they should be.
bands that are huge have clout but that's like 1 in 100.
i'd even go so far as to say that purchasing CDs hurts most small bands, there are many ways nowadays that bands skirt the record companies and go on indie labels etc.
a few years ago the record copanies had a chance to see the future and band together to start selling CD's for ten bucks or less. that time has passed and their profits have dwindled. also the huge bands (like metallica) have suffered because they are also part of that big-company framework.
i'd buy a lot more CD's if they were 7.99 but at twenty-plus quite often, maybe 5-10 CD's a year.