Comments on: The definition of insanity.. The Music Industry http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:26:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chris Caffee http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10008 Chris Caffee Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:11:13 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10008 Comment #57:<br><br>Have to agree with Dana. I turn the radio on and all I get is old stuff that sounds old. Plus ENDLESS amounts of advertising.<br><br>I do not have timee to spend hours searching for good songs at any point in a week, in any week in a year.<br><br>An intelligent businessman would revive radio by combining a label that screens artists with an internet AND broadcast radio station. Would need to be uber funded to be effective and successful.<br><br>Mark, please do this so I can once again ride in my car, listen to FREE radio, listen to a new song that reasonates, then buy it when I get home and talk about MUSIC again with my friends. <br><br>Music has become dead to me in it\'s current state, and my old 4,000 record (then CD collection) contains most of the music currently on most broadcast radio stations. Really pissed off that music has exited my lifestyle. Used to be a big part daily.<br><br>Can\'t you do something? I don\'t want to have to.<br><br>Chris<br><br> Comment #57:

Have to agree with Dana. I turn the radio on and all I get is old stuff that sounds old. Plus ENDLESS amounts of advertising.

I do not have timee to spend hours searching for good songs at any point in a week, in any week in a year.

An intelligent businessman would revive radio by combining a label that screens artists with an internet AND broadcast radio station. Would need to be uber funded to be effective and successful.

Mark, please do this so I can once again ride in my car, listen to FREE radio, listen to a new song that reasonates, then buy it when I get home and talk about MUSIC again with my friends.

Music has become dead to me in it\’s current state, and my old 4,000 record (then CD collection) contains most of the music currently on most broadcast radio stations. Really pissed off that music has exited my lifestyle. Used to be a big part daily.

Can\’t you do something? I don\’t want to have to.

Chris

]]> By: Roger http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10005 Roger Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:46:35 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10005 Do any of you people know what the future of music will be? Nothing but crap artists making no money and putting out crap home recordings. And why will this happen? Because when nobody wants to pay for music any longer then I hope you all get what you deserve. CRAP MUSIC. I just feel sorry for all the artists whose sole source of revenue has vanished thanks to MP3 theft. 95% of artists never see any money from sales. They will all end up sleeping under bridges with this new \"business model\". Do any of you people know what the future of music will be? Nothing but crap artists making no money and putting out crap home recordings. And why will this happen? Because when nobody wants to pay for music any longer then I hope you all get what you deserve. CRAP MUSIC. I just feel sorry for all the artists whose sole source of revenue has vanished thanks to MP3 theft. 95% of artists never see any money from sales. They will all end up sleeping under bridges with this new \”business model\”.

]]> By: Max http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10004 Max Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:29:13 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10004 Mark- You hit the bullseye. The music business does have an opportunity to re-position itself as a growth industry however they are choosing to play victim instead. I\'m not shocked by this whatsoever. The music industry wants as much as they can get and because there are so many channels for artists they are losing control. Artists don\'t need labels anymore. Bottomline is that if the industry doesn\'t start playing nice they could find themselves in a serious situation. Mark- You hit the bullseye. The music business does have an opportunity to re-position itself as a growth industry however they are choosing to play victim instead. I\’m not shocked by this whatsoever. The music industry wants as much as they can get and because there are so many channels for artists they are losing control. Artists don\’t need labels anymore. Bottomline is that if the industry doesn\’t start playing nice they could find themselves in a serious situation.

]]> By: Sencera Bright http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10003 Sencera Bright Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:15:06 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10003 This just in! I just found the way to combat piracy and encourage the purchase of CD\'s and it\'s the reason I still buy CD\'s even if I download I still buy the CD\'s I like because what happens if my computer crashes or my iPod burns up in my back pocket? I will lose all the music on my electronic systems but I can still go into my music room and pull out my favorite CD and load it up again without paying again!<br><br>It\'s a shame when you have over 40 songs on your iPod and its gone in the blink of an eye. This just in! I just found the way to combat piracy and encourage the purchase of CD\’s and it\’s the reason I still buy CD\’s even if I download I still buy the CD\’s I like because what happens if my computer crashes or my iPod burns up in my back pocket? I will lose all the music on my electronic systems but I can still go into my music room and pull out my favorite CD and load it up again without paying again!

It\’s a shame when you have over 40 songs on your iPod and its gone in the blink of an eye.

]]> By: Dave Durocher http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10002 Dave Durocher Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:50:27 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-10002 The music industry is not dying. The record business is! Content is everything these days and hedge funders and private equity investors are gobbling up copyrights like crazy and running the new companies. At the executive level the conversations are never \"Have you heard..\" but \"Did you see who bought...?\". Modern technology has made the possibilities for distribution endless. This combined with the lack of creative types in high level positions has resulted in intellectual properties being traded like stamp collections.Let music people run the music business! The music industry is not dying. The record business is! Content is everything these days and hedge funders and private equity investors are gobbling up copyrights like crazy and running the new companies. At the executive level the conversations are never \”Have you heard..\” but \”Did you see who bought…?\”. Modern technology has made the possibilities for distribution endless. This combined with the lack of creative types in high level positions has resulted in intellectual properties being traded like stamp collections.Let music people run the music business!

]]> By: Jim Sawyer http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9970 Jim Sawyer Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:29 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9970 A number of years ago you could get six to eight good songs on an album. Now all you get is one good song. Who wants to pay full price for a CD for one song. The quality of songs written and sung has declined in last thirty years across all types of music. A number of years ago you could get six to eight good songs on an album. Now all you get is one good song. Who wants to pay full price for a CD for one song. The quality of songs written and sung has declined in last thirty years across all types of music.

]]> By: actionBERG http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9971 actionBERG Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:29 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9971 That is a good point about trying to move towards DVD's and away from CD's. The average person is not going to want to figure out how to rip music/video off of a DVD, but even my mom who can barely use a computer can use Windows Media Player to get music off of a CD. That is a good point about trying to move towards DVD’s and away from CD’s. The average person is not going to want to figure out how to rip music/video off of a DVD, but even my mom who can barely use a computer can use Windows Media Player to get music off of a CD.

]]> By: Rob Witman http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9972 Rob Witman Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:29 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9972 Rock on Mark, I completely agree with you. It’s definitely a fine line to walk, by looking the other way you inherently condone the action, however, it is clear that the music industry has only hurt its reputation and the industry itself by targeting their consumers. Every business has theft, from the major retailers, to the mom and pop bottle shop, but you don’t beat theft by ‘catching all the bad guys.’ Can you imagine if the mom and pop bottle shop sent a chaperone to walk around the store with you as you browsed, or worse, frisked every customer as they left? The result would be a severe decline in sales. The only way to combat the criminals that are NEVER going to go away, is to provide a level of service, both in quality and price, that removes the incentive (or impact) of stealing. For the mom and pops, it’s knowing the names of the clients and sharing a passing moment. Who is going to steal from ‘Aunt Betty’ behind the counter that was selling you gum from the time you were 5? For the bigger players, it’s about value. I pay $15 for block buster movies that are packed with neat details about how things were made and who adlibbed a great scene etc. Why should I pay $15 for a crappy album that cost 1/10 the price to make? Personally, I don’t spend much time listening to music, and I pay for what I have, but I sure don’t buy albums chock full of crap for $15. When I do buy an album, it’s because it is SACD/DVDA (notice, I paid for quality) and a solid piece of music with incredible sound. The music industry should quit trying to get people to stop stealing and start giving them a reason not to. Rock on Mark, I completely agree with you. It’s definitely a fine line to walk, by looking the other way you inherently condone the action, however, it is clear that the music industry has only hurt its reputation and the industry itself by targeting their consumers. Every business has theft, from the major retailers, to the mom and pop bottle shop, but you don’t beat theft by ‘catching all the bad guys.’ Can you imagine if the mom and pop bottle shop sent a chaperone to walk around the store with you as you browsed, or worse, frisked every customer as they left? The result would be a severe decline in sales.

The only way to combat the criminals that are NEVER going to go away, is to provide a level of service, both in quality and price, that removes the incentive (or impact) of stealing. For the mom and pops, it’s knowing the names of the clients and sharing a passing moment. Who is going to steal from ‘Aunt Betty’ behind the counter that was selling you gum from the time you were 5? For the bigger players, it’s about value. I pay $15 for block buster movies that are packed with neat details about how things were made and who adlibbed a great scene etc. Why should I pay $15 for a crappy album that cost 1/10 the price to make?

Personally, I don’t spend much time listening to music, and I pay for what I have, but I sure don’t buy albums chock full of crap for $15. When I do buy an album, it’s because it is SACD/DVDA (notice, I paid for quality) and a solid piece of music with incredible sound. The music industry should quit trying to get people to stop stealing and start giving them a reason not to.

]]> By: michael d -a true mavs fan if there ever was one http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9973 michael d -a true mavs fan if there ever was one Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:29 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9973 Not only are record companies "selling music to the exact demographic that has the most time to spend on finding free music " they are also SUING that same demographic for downloading music....and then expect them to come back to the fold. It would almost like you filing lawsuits against NBA fans and then expecting them to come back and see some games! I mean, no way! The music industry has been overcharging people for years, abusing and stealing from their artists, saturating the radio with crap using payola and ignoring the emerging technology. Now, it has come back to bite them on the ass. Satellite Radio, iTunes, how do I love thee, let me count the ways.... Not only are record companies “selling music to the exact demographic that has the most time to spend on finding free music ” they are also SUING that same demographic for downloading music….and then expect them to come back to the fold. It would almost like you filing lawsuits against NBA fans and then expecting them to come back and see some games! I mean, no way! The music industry has been overcharging people for years, abusing and stealing from their artists, saturating the radio with crap using payola and ignoring the emerging technology. Now, it has come back to bite them on the ass. Satellite Radio, iTunes, how do I love thee, let me count the ways….

]]> By: greg http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9974 greg Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:29 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/31/the-definition-of-insanity-the-music-industry/#comment-9974 Mark, although I agree with you in that the music industry is a nasty beast that seems to ignore logic and reason (I was a band manager in 90's in Dallas and do I have some stories!), I feel it necessary to address only one thing. It appears that the public loves to semantically smooth out concepts that are hard to take on for face value. When we kill our pet, we tell ourselves we are "putting it to sleep" or "putting it down". When we go out and get a buzz from a few beers, we tell ourselves we are "having a social drink". In a war, when a missile kills the innocent, they are "casualties". !!When we steal music and software, we tell ourselves we are "downloading" and "burning"!! You said "Insanity is thinking that kids with more time than money will stop finding ways to get music for free", instead of "...finding ways to steal music." For now, let's call it what it is (and keep their lawyers happy): Stealing. Let's also call the music industry for what it is: INSANE!! Time needs to tick along for you and I--and anyone else who shares our frustration--to be happy with the music 'scene'. Time, armed with the exploding technology of the fast paced internet, will slowly subtract the middle men more and more just like we have seen in the travel industry and soon we'll see in the real estate industry. Then we will not have to put up with lame joke bands and performers presented to us by this industry, and the music will be cheaper, and the bands richer. And bands like Pain of Salvation from Sweden will evolve at a faster pace... http://www.painofsalvation.com Mark, although I agree with you in that the music industry is a nasty beast that seems to ignore logic and reason (I was a band manager in 90’s in Dallas and do I have some stories!), I feel it necessary to address only one thing. It appears that the public loves to semantically smooth out concepts that are hard to take on for face value. When we kill our pet, we tell ourselves we are “putting it to sleep” or “putting it down”. When we go out and get a buzz from a few beers, we tell ourselves we are “having a social drink”. In a war, when a missile kills the innocent, they are “casualties”.

!!When we steal music and software, we tell ourselves we are “downloading” and “burning”!!

You said “Insanity is thinking that kids with more time than money will stop finding ways to get music for free”, instead of “…finding ways to steal music.”

For now, let’s call it what it is (and keep their lawyers happy): Stealing. Let’s also call the music industry for what it is: INSANE!!

Time needs to tick along for you and I–and anyone else who shares our frustration–to be happy with the music ’scene’. Time, armed with the exploding technology of the fast paced internet, will slowly subtract the middle men more and more just like we have seen in the travel industry and soon we’ll see in the real estate industry. Then we will not have to put up with lame joke bands and performers presented to us by this industry, and the music will be cheaper, and the bands richer.

And bands like Pain of Salvation from Sweden will evolve at a faster pace…

http://www.painofsalvation.com

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