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shakermaker · 18-02-2006, 16:11

The internet is seen as having no soul and no place with music - which in certain lights is understandable; it takes away the great feeling of handing over the money and actually buying a record in a shop, reading the sleevenotes all the way home and playing the record over and over until you're pretty dam sick of it!
But the internet is a very good thing for new bands getting started - the best example I can give is that of the Arctic Monkeys. They gave out free demos of their songs at gigs, fans put the tracks on peer to peer programs and their popularity exploded - making millions for the 'industry' when their album finally came out and selling out all their gigs in under 5 minutes.
I do think the loss of a tradition of actually buying music is unfortunate; but I think to keep the soul alive in finding new talent - the best people to do it are us, the fans using these p2p programs!

18-02-2006, 16:11	#3
shakermaker God Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,522 Liked: 367 times Rep Power: 3486	Re: Performing Right Society and Peer to Peer The internet is seen as having no soul and no place with music - which in certain lights is understandable; it takes away the great feeling of handing over the money and actually buying a record in a shop, reading the sleevenotes all the way home and playing the record over and over until you're pretty dam sick of it! But the internet is a very good thing for new bands getting started - the best example I can give is that of the Arctic Monkeys. They gave out free demos of their songs at gigs, fans put the tracks on peer to peer programs and their popularity exploded - making millions for the 'industry' when their album finally came out and selling out all their gigs in under 5 minutes. I do think the loss of a tradition of actually buying music is unfortunate; but I think to keep the soul alive in finding new talent - the best people to do it are us, the fans using these p2p programs!