Cinnie said:

eventually!

As Trent said, it was a good run, now I have to make my money from Touring and T-Shirts.

I've been saying this for 10 years but the music since has been produced so it can't be done live.

The industry has to change and those who want to bury their head in the sand and say it isn't happening will pull their heads out and realize change happens without them.

Slave2daGroove said:

i think it is possible to make a living from record sales, it's just a matter of formatting the recording in a way that is appealing for a paying audience. i think radiohead's appraoch was warm. i think someone else will have a better idea. i think artists are stumbling toward a new standard of selling their music, though they haven't quite discovered "it" yet.

Anxiety said:

I'd agree with this but I'm a music freak. The packaging of dvds with the cds are nice and some of the gimmicks for the web have been entertaining but you're right.

As far as the Radiohead thing, it seemed to be a success because they provided lower quality files so then people had to buy the cd and did according to the media.

Slave2daGroove said:

i bought all three formats! granted, one of the three purchases was for a christmas gift, but they suckered me right into their marketing plan and i don't feel like i was hustled in the least! i liked getting a cheap "preview" of the album with the low quality mp3 download, and the discbox was a beautifully packaged product, and the cd had a very interesting packaging concept as well, and i finally got my full quality CD copy to replace the mp3. it was a fun process, though i'm sure only fans would have the patience to follow a band through all that.

Anxiety said:

Or... some people (most likely not avid fans - but still "customers") will just settle for the lower quality mp3... as is being discussed in this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/8/257460


[Edited 1/11/08 11:04am]

DiminutiveRocker said:

eh, i'm a little bit of both...i only paid two bucks for the mp3 download, knowing it was crap quality and that i'd likely be buying the CD anyway. i liked the music i heard, so the mp3 was tolerable enough for me until the CD came out. i got the CD for 9.99, so even with the $2 download i only spent $11.99 on the album. cheaper than i could find annie lennox's album when it came out.

Anxiety said:

I agree.It sounds like she's really bitter but she seems unwilling to explore other possibilities.Instead of whining and complaining,she should think outside the box and look for new,exciting ways to get her music out there.There are many older,longtime artists (The Eagles,Paul McCartney,etc) who are using non-traditonal methods to get their music out,without being overly obsessed with file-sharing and leaks,which can't be stoppeda anyway.