Originally Posted by Ian Ferrin
Originally Posted by December Rock Star
Originally Posted by Ian Ferrin
Originally Posted by December Rock Star

And if it were THAT good, people would buy it.

(Note: I'm JUST commenting on this thought.)

I think your assumption is wrong here DRS. I think there's an expectation of free these days. IE many people will take, for free, any app, mp3, video, game etc. that is offered. Many will gladly take stuff of the highest caliber made by the most talented without the slightest remorse of NOT buying. I think this is the culture that's been created.


Yes, but with probably a million songwriters out there, what choice do we have? Gotta be heard, that is the only way.

Plenty of folks give their stuff away and still aren't heard. Free is just a crummy business model!


Free from the songwriters website, probably wont even get many taking it for free.

first off the sound has to be competitive to other artists, 99.9% of the time it's not.

But take soundclick for an example, when people offer their song as a free download after providing a link, how often do you take it?

And if you take it, how many times do you listen to it again?

Do you get groupies from your soundlick link?

The music has to be in the same place all pother music is, otherwise it looks like a novelty item.

Most people wont even take a free download, they will only take something they find and like, not something handed to them.