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passingthroughascreendoor:

jackjuice:

So here’s a perfect example of a “music fan” - aka, someone who likes music, but pirates, spreads, doesn’t  respect the industry, and just does whatever he wants.

Basically, because some kid “the selling of music has gone to shit,” it’s ok to post and pirate songs.  GOT IT KID THUMBS UP.

Hereeeee he is: http://passingthroughascreendoor.tumblr.com

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Actually, I am buying the CD and I am actually a frequent buyer of music, rather than pirating. I’m not saying that it’s okay, but if you actually go and fucking talk to some of these people in the bands, they’ll say “oh, yeah, well it sucks that people download our music for free, but what can we do about it?” No matter what, you’re not going to be able to stop people from illegally downloading music and all these people in the bands can hope for is that they buy the preorder packages and the CD, which is why they offer cool things like that. The music industry isn’t making money off of the actual music anymore, it’s all the added bonuses. 

But because I’m just a “music fan,” I must not know what I’m talking about, right?

Coming from a current NYU music business student, you’re right on the money.  Artists know their music will inevitably be downloaded for free and then compensate for their losses by selling merch at shows and touring in order to make a stable living.  Very few “average listeners” buy music anymore.  Yes listening to the song on its intended website would increase the number of streams, but if it’s on SoundCloud or something else similar, no money is made per stream anyway.  Uploading it to tumblr is just another way to get the song out there and recognized.  Free publicity.  I actually love when I see new singles on tumblr because it’ll inspire me to look further into it if I enjoy what I hear in that moment.

Just do whatever you want and then purchase the album when it’s released.  No need to get butthurt about one illegal download if you’re going to purchase the music and see the tour and buy the shirts in the future.  Support the bands you love.

That’s all I have to say about that.

I completely agree with your points.

But that doesn’t make it acceptable.

The attitude that people have towards this is disgusting - just because it’s reality, doesn’t mean it should be acceptable.  Jason Lancaster mentioned the other day that a kid asked him to sign a BURNED CD at a show - just process that for a second.

Also, I think it’s worth noting that you’re more than an average user - you’re pursuing music education, and clearly are interested past the average person.  So yes, you might pursue a band further - but that doesn’t mean the average user will.

Also, “fans” fail to recognize the work put into this.  Thomas put 2 months into making this a big event.  TWY put a lot of effort in to make it happen on AP.net.  Publicists worked their tails off to make it a big event - so for you to simply describe it as “free publicity” really demeans quite a few people’s jobs.

Again - you’re completely accurate as to the state of the music industry - I’m just sick of people being ok with it.

So here’s a perfect example of a “music fan” - aka, someone who likes music, but pirates, spreads, doesn’t  respect the industry, and just does whatever he wants.

Basically, because some kid “the selling of music has gone to shit,” it’s ok to post and pirate songs.  GOT IT KID THUMBS UP.

Hereeeee he is: http://passingthroughascreendoor.tumblr.com