"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:02:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model
this
Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 +
taxes
for it.
It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s.

Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff.

--Vic


They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews,
lots
of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not
just
individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never
see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album,
and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten
album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a
guitarist
you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great
music.

Dunkin' Donuts had the same effect on fine pastries.
Whatcha gonna do?
I'll be sure to tell my kids what you said, and they'll probably say
they can find the liner notes on the web if they're interested.
Or that they don't care about liner notes.
You musicians have to look out for yourself and get people arrested
and tossed in jail for stealing music. It's a dog eat dog digital
world.

--Vic


Actually, if you read past the headlines, you'll find that the majority of
musicians are not pleased with the legal nonsense perpetrated by the big
record labels.


And the price fixing on albums. Seems as if they are all about 19.99
minimum to $30+ these days. Costs about 25 cents to produce a CD with liner
notes and jewell case. Maybe the artists should do some realistic pricing
on their work. But then they could not live in the $20,000,000 house and
pay for all the attorneys they need for the jams they get into.