Hey,
first of all, congratulations on a good album guys. I got it from the guys at Earache US, and I`ve enjoyed listening to it several times, and even got my gf to play it at her restaurant a while ago. But, on to the subject: It is a non-contestable fact that distributing albums over the net will result in a decrease of album sales. This obviously results in less money earned in sales-royalties for both bands and labels. But, and this is the key issue here, it is also a non-contestable fact that spreading MP3s raises band-awereness a lot. Even though there may be a small percentage of people, like myself, who actually buy the albums after downloading them, you will find a lot of these people attending concerts, listening to radio-shows with these bands, wathcing music-videos etc, which eventually help raise more money for the people involved. These days record companies are very aware of securing their share of royalties regarding publishing- and live-performance fees.
For me, as member & manager of Lunaris, my goal is to make music that reach people. If that can result in me earning money of it, fine, but to experience crowds of people waiting for the experience to watch us perform, is something much bigger and more important. In the end this will eventually raise funds for both artist & company, and this is where our common focus should be. MP3s are here to stay, we just have to make the best out of it...
Ray
first of all, congratulations on a good album guys. I got it from the guys at Earache US, and I`ve enjoyed listening to it several times, and even got my gf to play it at her restaurant a while ago. But, on to the subject: It is a non-contestable fact that distributing albums over the net will result in a decrease of album sales. This obviously results in less money earned in sales-royalties for both bands and labels. But, and this is the key issue here, it is also a non-contestable fact that spreading MP3s raises band-awereness a lot. Even though there may be a small percentage of people, like myself, who actually buy the albums after downloading them, you will find a lot of these people attending concerts, listening to radio-shows with these bands, wathcing music-videos etc, which eventually help raise more money for the people involved. These days record companies are very aware of securing their share of royalties regarding publishing- and live-performance fees.
For me, as member & manager of Lunaris, my goal is to make music that reach people. If that can result in me earning money of it, fine, but to experience crowds of people waiting for the experience to watch us perform, is something much bigger and more important. In the end this will eventually raise funds for both artist & company, and this is where our common focus should be. MP3s are here to stay, we just have to make the best out of it...
Ray
Right?!
) I wish Forest Stream would be in the record stores here (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada) iv checked everywhere and havent seen any. Can you only buy in online? if so i'll have to lower my cerdit card bill before buying it.
