If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

[rsnomar05]

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Interesting question from the lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies: If you were a musician and wanted to encourage file sharing, how would you propose you still get paid?

[Cebby]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Considering CD sales have been on a huge decline, yet artists are getting richer from record deals, I doubt they're hurting. Don't most artists get like, $.10 per CD sold anyway? CD sales are nothing.

[Flyboy]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Considering CD sales have been on a huge decline, yet artists are getting richer from record deals, I doubt they're hurting. Don't most artists get like, $.10 per CD sold anyway? CD sales are nothing.

Thank you. I don't know why people who are against file sharing can't seem to grasp that. Artists get paid from record deals & concerts. Period.

[rsnomar05]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Thank you. I don't know why people who are against file sharing can't seem to grasp that. Artists get paid from record deals & concerts. Period.

Yes, but if the music company isn't making money because the songs are file-shared, the artist gets a less-lucrative record deal. That's Stephen pages point, as he supports file-sharing.

[Blaxican8504]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Thank you. I don't know why people who are against file sharing can't seem to grasp that. Artists get paid from record deals & concerts. Period.

Yup.

[J.R. Locke]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Musicians don't make money from CD's, if they do it is very very small amount (even those big mega stars don't make a great deal from record contracts).

The way musicians make money is from live shows. That is the way it has always been. Sell T-Shirts, get Budweiser to sponsor a tour...etc

I have played in bands and examined the music industry for about 6 years and all the really good bands I have met say that the only way to make money is to start playing tours that have venues more than a bar crowd (100+). Otherwise you usually end up breaking even, you hope.

For the mega rich popstars the game will still be the same. They will make $.25 on every CD they sell minus studio expenses, tour expenses....etc

A bunch of people have written on this subject. "File Sharing" is not a concern for me as a musician. You make money as a musician by working the road, just like every other business it is an every day job where you have to put in the hours each day. The only people really concerned about file sharing are those musicians who dream of a BIG PAY DAY or fear of having it taken away.

[SPTO]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

Personally I think the RIAA should learn to embrace file sharing. There should be some built in fee involved. (no more then a dollar) per song. Of course you're still going to get people who offer illegal downloads but if a law is put on the books saying that downloads without fees is illegal then the RIAA would have more bite to their bark when they complain.

[pk500]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question...4084326AAZBSgl

Interesting question from the lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies: If you were a musician and wanted to encourage file sharing, how would you propose you still get paid?

The same way that musicians make most of their money now -- touring and souvenir sales.

Take care,
PK

[trobinson97]

Re: If you were a musician wanting to encourage file sharing, how would you get paid?

The same way that musicians make most of their money now -- touring and souvenir sales.

Take care,
PK

Damn, beat me to it.