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The Music slam download culture

Rob Harvey feels disillusioned by the digital revolution

Fri 05 Sep, 2008

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Downloads can be a great way of getting your music heard. The price of cd's is so ridiculously high now that it's not worth buying it if you've not heard a lot from the band and you may only like one song. Revenue is generated a lot more by gigs nowadays (anyone else remember when gigs were under £10?). Fair enough, if you are an up-coming band then getting that money from gigs is going to be a lot harder, but by putting a couple songs up for download, and their are a few websites out there to do this through legally, you'll get yourselves heard by many more people. It's the younger fans that seem to download more as it's generally cheaper to do so, but you'll also find that limited edition cd's/vinyl albums quickly sell out also because people like the extra bits you would never get digitally.One extra point on downloads - you can find albums that are no longer available in hard form. People are getting quick to dismiss downloads or cd, but at the end of the day if music companies are going to make money then they'll have to find a way to fit digital in to the schedule.

Mon 08 Sep, 2008

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