i@m.fm

I would like to expand Ross‘ comments (Random Bytes :: Canadian Music Industry: Get a clue!)
to include the music industry of the rest of the world. Ross also
stated that we need a way to listen to an album before buying it. I
agree.

I am still convinced that had the industry realized where the trend was
going early enough, they could have created a better attitude where
people would voluntarily pay for what they listen to. Right now, they
are just pushing everyone in the opposite direction. And not to forget
that there have been several studies that have shown that the downloads
actually work as free advertising and boost sales to some extend.

Ross‘ post was based on this press release by the CRIA. The press releases shoes how surprisingly ignorant the artists and the industry are

The music industry will and has to change if it wants to survive. And
yes, this will also mean that some people will lose their jobs. It will
also create new jobs if done right. One could call it evolution.
Dear Music industry, just watch & learn from what is happening
around the world in other industries.

The music industry will have to start concentrating on using other
(cheaper) means of promoting their artists. The artists themselves
should be receiving more of the money we pay in the stores and online.
In a perfect world, the radio station’s could play anybody’s music,
even if you they have not signed on with any major label. Where is the
old mp3.com (RIP), when you need it?

And what about those songs that you cannot purchase anywhere, either
because the artists is not published by a major label, or because the
song is a remix by a DJ, or because the song is a bit older and is not
available any more. Even if you wanted to pay the artist for his work,
the music industry would not let you.