Jevil
Pro Evolution Fucker
I will play the role of Devil's advocate.
Do you realize how many bands are nowadays active? More than ever.
Thousands of heavy, thrash, death, black...bands in hundreds countries trying to succeed in one of the hardest business.
The cake has its limitations, and every band wants to take a piece, but it is impossible for all.
Nowadays there are bands playing only for 6 months that want to record a LP!! Not a 4 track demo, 14 tracks!, they spend lot of money and try to be signed for a label when they fail, they selfproduce all the manufacturing, distribution, promotion... they sell 500 copies. It is because of internet?
If internet wouldn't exist, most of the bands would sell the same as now, just few copies. To satisfy all the bands in the world we should be buying hundred of CDs per year.
Do you think Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica are effected by this? They don't. They even sell more than years ago.
This is the law of the jungle, the strong will survive.
U2 uploaded one album before releasing. After one month of downlodas, they release the album and they sold more than ever.
Imagine a band selling 5.000 copies today. Do you really think they would sell more without internet? I don't think so.
IN MY OPINION, we usually blame people who download but there are many other factors that we should take into account.
Yes, I have downloaded CDs several times, sometimes for curiosity, to check a band before a spend my 18-20 Euros in a CD. Other times because I can't wait until the album is released. Anyway I buy 20-30 CD's per year, and go to over 20 live shows. (950 /year in music). The bands that I download and don't like, of course, I do not buy CD, and I delete the MP3. There are many bands that I've known via mp3 and now I've got the albums in my shelves. So what is wrong with it? Am I a criminal?
As I said, there are many bands, many competitors, many festivals, many live shows... That's another reason for people who say they sell less copies than years before.
I have released 4 albums with my band VALHALLA. More than once people told me after the shows that they downloaded the albums, ok. But they have paid the ticket for that show!
My experience is that playing gigs is economically better than the 10% of the royalties for the copies sold. So I don't mind if everybody download my albums, perhaps they will go to next show. If they would'nt download it, I'm sure they wouln't buy the album either.
By the way, my other band SOULITUDE, is free and downloadable. This way I have reached many mags, webs, people, that releasin it with a fucking horrible spanish label I couldn't.
Sorry for the speech.
If something is misunderstood, I'm sure it is because of my poor english.


Do you realize how many bands are nowadays active? More than ever.
Thousands of heavy, thrash, death, black...bands in hundreds countries trying to succeed in one of the hardest business.
The cake has its limitations, and every band wants to take a piece, but it is impossible for all.
Nowadays there are bands playing only for 6 months that want to record a LP!! Not a 4 track demo, 14 tracks!, they spend lot of money and try to be signed for a label when they fail, they selfproduce all the manufacturing, distribution, promotion... they sell 500 copies. It is because of internet?
If internet wouldn't exist, most of the bands would sell the same as now, just few copies. To satisfy all the bands in the world we should be buying hundred of CDs per year.
Do you think Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica are effected by this? They don't. They even sell more than years ago.
This is the law of the jungle, the strong will survive.
U2 uploaded one album before releasing. After one month of downlodas, they release the album and they sold more than ever.
Imagine a band selling 5.000 copies today. Do you really think they would sell more without internet? I don't think so.
IN MY OPINION, we usually blame people who download but there are many other factors that we should take into account.
Yes, I have downloaded CDs several times, sometimes for curiosity, to check a band before a spend my 18-20 Euros in a CD. Other times because I can't wait until the album is released. Anyway I buy 20-30 CD's per year, and go to over 20 live shows. (950 /year in music). The bands that I download and don't like, of course, I do not buy CD, and I delete the MP3. There are many bands that I've known via mp3 and now I've got the albums in my shelves. So what is wrong with it? Am I a criminal?
As I said, there are many bands, many competitors, many festivals, many live shows... That's another reason for people who say they sell less copies than years before.
I have released 4 albums with my band VALHALLA. More than once people told me after the shows that they downloaded the albums, ok. But they have paid the ticket for that show!
My experience is that playing gigs is economically better than the 10% of the royalties for the copies sold. So I don't mind if everybody download my albums, perhaps they will go to next show. If they would'nt download it, I'm sure they wouln't buy the album either.
By the way, my other band SOULITUDE, is free and downloadable. This way I have reached many mags, webs, people, that releasin it with a fucking horrible spanish label I couldn't.
Sorry for the speech.
If something is misunderstood, I'm sure it is because of my poor english.


