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To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (5355)	6/7/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

cAPSLOCK: I kind'a sort'a disagree. The musician ain't the product, but merely the conduit by which the product(the music) is made manifest. HEH! So much for the spiritual aspects of this conversation. ;-) But I do agree with you with regards to the manner in which artists have been treated by the industry. The various mechanisms of distribution ARE necessary because, excepting a few examples such as Ani DiFranco, Todd R., and others, most musicians don't have the "head" for the business aspects of the game. This is to take NOTHING away from them, just that when you're consumed by an artistic passion, business logistics oft-times are ignored. So given this it's logical that an industry grew up feeding off this reality. BUT, the industry has just about killed the golden goose with its roughshod, indentured servant attitude towards its "product developer/manager", otherwise known as the musician. As such, and history has provided endless examples, REVOLT is made inevitable. This appears to be what we're now witnessing. I say more power to 'em. Meanwhile, EDIG can't seem to get out of it's own way. Clearly everybody's standing around waiting on purchase order news, eh? John~

To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (5355)	6/7/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: R. Bond	Respond to of 18366

OT cAPSLOCK, As far as the artists are concerned this is not about players, its about writers. As a musician, you know that's where the money is. Without some way to collect royalties, writers don't make money. It doesn't matter whether they have a deal with BMG or they are self-publishing and have just an administration deal with Bug, BMI, etc. If the sales and performances don't register, no payday. If any songwriter is lucky enough to get a cut (hopefully more) or a singer-songwriter or band get deal and a release, they should get the (usually) small percentage of the total profit that's coming to them. All this talk about giving music away over the Internet is for kids or millionaires, it has nothing to do with making a living in the music business. Songwriting royalties are just about the only way a creative person in the music biz can have anything like a pension. And very few are so fortunate as to get that. Some deserve it, some don't. But, as a consumer, I'm willing to pay for that. The idea of bypassing the majors is fine with me. I'm all for it. But not artist royalties. Uh-uh. Cheers, Bond