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This napster thingy



So the times they are are changing! And napster and co may be the new thing 
and might not go away but some questions need to be asked and some of you 
have already done so. Still,will napster and co promote the music (even 
brand new artists) the way the big old record companies used to ? The old 
big record companies are guilty of letting some fine artists slip by the 
wayside. hey remember the High numbers rejection letter by the guy from EMI 
? Thank God Shel talmy eventually got them a deal. However the big record 
companies sure stuck with an artist. they
would promote them in all sorts of ways. This is essential to anyone's
career!  During the 70's The Who were everywhere, TV, radio,papers,
posters,you name it. And not just them. The big companies stuck with
artists even though some of them were not all that commercially successful. 
the late Rory gallagher comes to mind.
This is not a put down of napster or the  new technology or whatever.
but someone has to asnwer this question, if napster et all is about giving 
music away for free, how pray does the band make money? By live
concert only ? What am I missing here ? If I am an artist and cannot
make money from my records then what's the point ? there has to be some kind 
of two way co-operation if both regimes are to operate profitably as well as 
commercially. It's true that the big companies are afraid
of competition, technology etc.. Sony tried to stop home video and
home audio taping etc... but their fear is genuine,it's their business
being threatened,it's only natural they'd want to protect it.
Compromise is the only solution. one for you one for me.
Regards,
Derick.
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