Comments on: Some Quick Thoughts on the Music Business

By: newkon

newkon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:17:39 +0000

thanks good blog and post

By: ol

ol — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:31:29 +0000

I\’m convinced that people are listening to music more than ever these days, they\’re just not paying for it. That is, they are stealing music because technology has made it easy for them to steal.

The problem of theft-friendly technology is compounded by the fact that CDs have been about $15 a piece since I started buying them 20 years ago.

By: Anthony Borgert

Anthony Borgert — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:55:32 +0000

Mr. Mark Cuban,
This is off the subject of your latest blog but of equal or greater importance. Im writing to you to ask if you will take on a huge challenge and move towards expanding your empire, at the same time move into position not previously matched by any other in the sports world? The matter at hand, the imminent sale of the Chicago Cubs. Please save this historic franchise from some prehistoric, drab ownership who only see dollars and half-heartedly put a second rate product on the field hoping to rake in profits off of the few successes of the past. We need you! please respond! Of course if this is something you are interested in and you find yourself in need of any assistance, call on me. I dont really care for Air Traffic Control job in Las Vegas all that much. For all the CUB faithfull
Anthony Borgert.

By: Dog Bowl

Dog Bowl — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:22:20 +0000

I don\’t know where to put this but are you going to buy the Cubs?

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:10:15 +0000

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By: Listen to music

Listen to music — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:36:25 +0000

I see you have a good point in what you are trying to say here Marc. I totaly agree that the CD business is dead therefore we need to figure out a new way to sell music. Perhaps flashdrive is good solution but there also new copyright algorithms should be developed.

By: Sohbet

Sohbet — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:24:18 +0000

When was the last time you put in a cd or album (or loaded a one album playlist in your ipod) and listened to it from beginning to end… even better… that you listened to over and over and over.

By: Greg Vendetti

Greg Vendetti — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:10:23 +0000

Dear Listener,
I am writing you today to extend a notification of opportunities at hand for everyone who cares about music and the artists who bleed on the microphones that share the common vulnerability we can all relate to. My slogan, Join the Revolution, can be mistaken for many things, including a meaningless way to draw in certain crowds and attract new potential audiences. But I wanted to share with you the reason behind such a statement and give you a chance to diminish any negative opinions pertaining to such an open ended idea.
The music business is on the verge of change and it has been for quite some time. As we all know, the industry has recently gone through many stages of retraction from its usual methods and processes which have generated much discussion amongst the music and business communities. Since the digital platform has become the prominent medium for artists to connect to their fans, new ways of distribution, communication, advertising, and self-management have left the record companies in a query as to what happens next. Such services, up until now, have been the purpose of the major label and thus the motivation for making it as an artist. But because of the possibilities created by the internet and other digital mediums, artists can now accomplish their goals of spreading their music to the public on their own, thus leaving the major label useless. This new wave of modern music business is a great step in the industry. For so long, it has been inundated with poor business ethics and sleaze-ball tactics that give the business a bad name.
Although it is an exciting time for everyone, it brings about new problems as well. Because of the increased accessibility of music, the market has become saturated with mediocrity and low standards. This has caused a problem for the artists who have genuine talent and are lost within the crowds of off-key performers with over-achieving tenacity. This brings us up to speed as to why you, the audience is so important in this new stage of the industrys evolution.
As the growing concerns amount to monumental levels, it is now known that the music community wants change to occur. You, the listener, knows that there is something wrong with the way music has been presented to the public and have the power to change it. Join the Revolution was thought up as a way to reach out to my fans and show them that they are unique and possess the intelligence to know what is moral and good. That they are not blinded by the light being shined in their eyes by large corporations and standard ways of practice. That they are the ones that hold the fate of the music industry in their hands. We alone have the power to change the way music is displayed and communicated to the public. Now it is the time to stand up and express your opinions on what you believe is worth knowing, worth listening to, worth playing, and most importantly, worth changing.
I invite you to conjure any opinions for or against my own. These words are merely an expression of myself both as an artist and music lover. I do not intend you to follow any protocol but to make your own. I also encourage you to research this movement in greater detail and discuss it with as many people as you can. Revolutions are hard to come by, they are far and few between. But circumstances as these are grounds for new ideas, new leaders, and new practices. Be apart of what is to come and know that you are what drive the artist and music to live. My thanks to all of you that listen to my music and support my movement and career. I hope to see all of you at the next show with a new head on your shoulders. Think. Love. Listen.

Sincerely,
Greg Vendetti

Join the Revolution.

http://www.myspace.com/gregvendetti

By: forum

forum — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:56:35 +0000

10. Could not agree more, except to say I think that I think there will always be a small niche market of audiophiles who will invest in hard media formats.

By: Lisa Gunther

Lisa Gunther — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:25:37 +0000

Maybe I\'m getting old. I used to buy CD\'s on a weekly basis when I was in college. I enjoyed going through the booklet included and reading about the artist and the songs. Sometimes as a bonus the words of the songs would actually be included.

I recently got an iPod nano. I spent hours loading in my CD\'s. I was so excited that I wouldn\'t have to worry about scratching them anymore. But now listening to music is a different experience. I don\'t sit and listen and flip through the booklet included with the CD. Now, music is just background music that I occasionally listen to while I\'m doing something else. I don\'t fully enjoy my music this way. Anyone else have some thoughts on your old CD\'s? I miss sitting around a big stack of CD\'s and rifling through them and not doing anything else.

Sure, an iPod is handy. But something is missing to me.