The End Of Free Speech In Quebec?
| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» Nathan replied on Tue Jun 5, 2012 @ 1:01am |
 Coolness: 166525 | Originally Posted By DATABOY
If you wanna try to make a living playing other peoples music, you have to pay more than the common consumer. Or use music that is copywrite free. I already do pay more, 'cause the common consumer doesn't par for music at all anymore xD hahahaha :p Anyway, I understand how the system works, but it's just another issue that I won't accept just 'cause ''that's the way it is'' ... the only solutions I can think of would just mean more capitalism, and that obviously isn't working. If it was, companies wouldn't be so desperate as to start suddenly implementing 50 year old laws. As for radio, I remember when I worked at CINQ (community radio, but still) and every maybe 4 months we had to list the tunes played over a 2 or 3 day period. The 'royalties' went to those people, while all the other thousands of songs played the rest of the time were never checked by SOCAN. So, it's still not entirely fair, and plus the artist has to be already in the system (copy-written, signed, etc.) otherwise they don't get squat. So, once again all this is nothing more than Big industry try to net more cash. None of any of this money we're talking about ever goes to indie or underground artists. Let's say the Club you DJ in pays a fee for having publicly played music. You come in and play Psy. You may even give your set-list to the bar owner. Not one cent will get to the Psy artists you played, 'cause none of them are on Sony, Universal, or Warner. So, what exactly is the point of paying for the right to play music, if none of the music you play is 'in the industry's system' ? .. know what I mean? IF the money from the fees went DIRECTLY to each label and artist that was played, then yes, get bars to pay some annual fee, and I'd gladly divulge my set-lists. But, that's not how it currently works, so the RIA can shove it. sorry for the rambling ... to end, kinda, Noah has a good point : Originally Posted By nuclear
A lot of DJs actually buy CD's from labels who sell their CDs/Music for people to play at events so maybe this will work for people who play commercial music but it won't work for a lot of the rave or underground parties since the music which is played at most of these are from the sale of music which is specifically for playing in front of people. I guess all 'club style' music is made for crowds of dancing people, but at least a dude who makes techno knows damn well that when someone buys a track off Juno, it's gonna get played in a rave or club! And that's the whole point of the song! And the little guy is fine with that. On the other hand, The Big Co. make songs for clubs, then shove the artist down your throat (aka. marketing) so you buy the album, and when you want to hear the same song in your fav bar, the bar has to pay another fee for it to be played, on top of which the DJ has already purchased the track. Ridiculous. Especially when that song was created for the sole reason of having it play in clubs! But it was made to make money, not like the aforementioned dude, who made his song for art (perhaps in the hopes of eventually getting some sort of remuneration for his talents). ... damn that was way too long xD |
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