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From: DaveHowe at cmn.sharp-uk.co.uk (Dave Howe) Subject: Do you really think CDs will be protected in future? Andrew Simmons wrote: > Dave Howe wrote: > what about recording costs? Are mostly based around the idea that you need a "professional" recording studio before you can record an album (and that "live" albums are somehow inferior) with today's computer technology there is no reason why a normal pc (with perhaps a better than average soundcard, but not much else) couldn't be used to record from "live" events - if it wasn't for the lack of sufficient inputs, I would expect the audio mixer market to already be dominated by hybrid solutions, and I am told the synth market has hit an all-time low it is not expected to recover from. Additional digital recording ability would probably come to less than the *maintenance* on most professional audio (show) rigs. a little crowd noise will just add atmosphere (and incidentally make mp3 production just that little bit harder) > What about tour support? *all* comes out of the royalties and/or takings - its one of the artist's biggest complaints. There is never a point where the artist gets something but the company takes a loss (its expenses and profits come first) In addition, many artists complain that if they *want* to sell cds of their music while touring, they *must* sell cds bought from the company, at the company's prices, *and* must sell at a price the company decide so as not to undercut the big commercial stores.... > What about A&R? A&R? Assuming you mean advertising, then that is a self-fulfilling prophecy; you need to pay to get popular airtime for your album/single/whatever because the producers of such expect to be paid (what they are really selling is eyes/ears to the advertisers, and the existance of the eyes/ears depends on them playing music the public want to hear. If any one company decided to stop bribing for airtime, then they would be stuffed; if they *all* stopped bribing, the radio and tv stations would have to play something, or all their advertising revenues would dry up. Of course that would induce a danger that the tv and radio might play what actually attracts customers best, not what suits the record companies - so it will never happen.
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