EMI Singapore closing down?

see la.. download sommore la... imeem myspace music blog piracy sommore la...

but yeah it's unavoidable, apparently the internet opens up a whole new world of possibilities. with "losing jobs" as part of one of em for these people unfortunately.
 
A quote from NOFX's "I'm Telling Tim"

"You better watch out, you better not cry
You better put out records DIY"

and the infamous

"DIY not EMI!"

;)
 
I personally think we shouldn't blame downloading, even if there is no internet in the world, would we even buy the CD if we are not sure and if you really like something you will buy it even if its available for download (thats my opinion anyway)

in fact EMI closing doesnt make a diff to teh music scene here anyway, as i said if a band or artist really wans to put out stuff he or she or they will do it at all cost.

blueprintstudios said:
see la.. download sommore la... imeem myspace music blog piracy sommore la...

but yeah it's unavoidable, apparently the internet opens up a whole new world of possibilities. with "losing jobs" as part of one of em for these people unfortunately.
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i read about that too.
oh well. somtiems we only have ourselves to blame..
most of us are not really supporting local music.
we pay a few hundreds to watch foreigners play
but we cant even fork out 10dollars to watch a local band play.
 
and look how many people actually buys cds.
90% of my friends just downloads them..

as for me i download albums from filesharing sites when they leak.
then buy them if i like it.
 
hehe...bro chris, that was just tongue-in-cheek.

I don't think the music business is getting more difficult. It has changed, and for the better actually.

10 years down the road, more difficult for musicians? Nah....for record execs maybe.
 
soft said:
Somehow, the music business is getting more difficult. I wonder if 10 years down the road, how are musicians/bands going to make a living?
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i agree with james...
its getting tougher, look at the amount of musicians/people who can play instruments or sing these days. EVERYWHERE * of cuz not everyone of them are good musicians but dont you agree many people these days can either play an instrument or sing?

so many bands, many vocalists, so many guitar players.

plus illegal downloading has become so common, anyone could just install ares or limewire and mass download songs..
you can even rip music off myspace if you have the right program.

and look at how many local musicians can actually make a living out of music alone? few.. most of them have a day job.

life is not gonna be that hard for labels..
instead its gonna be hard for us musicians instead.
but of cuz when the competition gets tough, standards get raised too.
so its not too much of a bad thing, still.. lifes gonna be tough for us
 
heh, funny that over the years, how the record company has sorta brainwash us into thinking that downloading is bad when they could be using it as another form of business developement to push their products(in this case, music).

Interestingly, its the bands themselves who have been using it to their full adventage for post y2k era while their label is moaning in da corner and us becoming zombie
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anyway, imho, we ought to be phased out like waste within toilet bowl if we cant keep up with time.
 
Is downloading hurting the sale of music? Studies show that it isn't...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...936A35757C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
http://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf

This quote sums it up...
''Say I offer you a free flight to Florida,'' he asks. ''How likely is it that you will go to Florida? It is very likely, because the price is free.'' If there were no free ticket, that trip to Florida would be much less likely, he said. Similarly, free music might draw all kinds of people, but ''it doesn't mean that these people would buy CD's at $18,'' he said.

Musicians always have always had a tough time making a living from there art. Much like authors, painters, photographers and almost any other creative profession.
 
i not talking about the downloading of music in america my friend.
its singapore...
americans pay for the music if they think its good.
they download, sample, they like they buy.

but look at singapore, who actually buys music?
well me and my guitarist does..
but the other 95% of the people i know downloads them..

dont tell me all your local friends pays for music.

americans download.sample.like and buy.
singaporeans download and put into their mp3. the end.
 
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Singapore don't have report. How about canada?
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/murmurs/archives/2006/20060320_downloading.html

Before MP3's it was CD burners that were going to kill the recording industry...

Did it happen? No.

Do you remember cassette tapes? Music Industry told us they were going to kill them too.

Did it happen? No.

Before cassette tapes, the record industry claimed free to air radio was going to kill the recording industry.

Did it happen? No.

Before free to air radio, the recording industry claimed pianola roles were going to kill the sheet music industry.

Did it happen? No.

Do you see the pattern here?

Home_taping_is_killing_music.png
 
heh, one of the most common misconception(imho) is such that just because of the community iam in being of a certain pattern, the entire market is the same as what i see, within the area i know, only.

theres a big world out there, outside of the community we see or know.
 
intellectual property rights is the strongest in the USA, and with them being the largest exporter of it, they need to strictly enforce it.

but it isn't tougher to play here. its actually heaps easier. u can use the internets to sell your wares. last time u need to cut a demo and hopefully get picked up by a label. even if u get picked up, u could be mothballed.

and nothing wrong with raising standards, weeding out the good from the bad. i think we need that.
 
Fact is, no matter how much music you buy from the artist, be it local or overseas, they would not be getting the same revenue if they are signed to a label as compared to an artist that sells the same amount but is independent.

True musicians embrace the download revolution, true businessmen don't.

At least getting your music heard and distributed is longer at the hands of people who are concerned abt dollars and cents, its in your hands now. You as a musician, ur in control. No more paying HMV thousands just to get your CD on their shelves.

Sure a record label may have the purse, but it comes with terms and conditions.

quote >>>"its getting tougher, look at the amount of musicians/people who can play instruments or sing these days"

How can this mean being tougher to make a living? shouldn't you as a musician be happy that there is a thriving community of people playing their instruments or singing, unless of course if that person is afraid of competition.
 
Haha

'You wouldn't steal a car,'

'You wouldn't steal a purse,'

'Piracy is theft!'

Is that how the ad goes again?
 
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