Comments on: It Didn’t Work for 8-Track – Why We Should Stop Clinging to CDs and Embrace the Digital Market http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/05/it-didnt-work-for-8-track-why-we-should-stop-clinging-to-cds-and-embrace-the-digital-market/ save the music - not the industry. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:25:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nelson Wells @ Team Clermont http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/05/it-didnt-work-for-8-track-why-we-should-stop-clinging-to-cds-and-embrace-the-digital-market/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Nelson Wells @ Team Clermont Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:48 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=487#comment-546 You may also find us at the twitter link above or at http://www.twitter.com/teamClermont . Cheers, Nelson. You may also find us at the twitter link above
or at http://www.twitter.com/teamClermont .

Cheers, Nelson.

]]> By: Nelson Wells @ Team Clermont http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/05/it-didnt-work-for-8-track-why-we-should-stop-clinging-to-cds-and-embrace-the-digital-market/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Nelson Wells @ Team Clermont Wed, 27 May 2009 19:57:12 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=487#comment-545 Refe, First off, good article, and while it only points out the generalities of the "debate", if it is still one- can you believe it is?, it does a good job at getting directly to the point clearly. Second, I disagree with Peter's comment, and in fact think his argument simply solidifies the opposite of what he tried to point out. Simply put, sharing or not, more "voracious consumers of music" are spending money on music. period. People who don't buy music wouldn't have bought music anyway, and yet now are sharing music with others, some of whom may be consumers of music and thus now know about a band on whom they may direct their dollars toward. Lastly, as a publicist in the music industry it is our job to spread the word about our talented client's music. In other words, not only is file sharing not always illegal, but it is what our clients pay us for. They spend hard earned money making sure that we, as their publicists, are getting MP3's posted to as many music blogs and online outlets as possible, that we get reviews in Pitchfork.com, Stereogum, EW.com, etc, and that we have their videos & MP3's posted to these places as well. So, that being said, we also need to remember that there is file sharing, and there is illegal file sharing. That would be Death Cab For Cutie (a Team Clermont artist, by the way) versus Metallica. Two completely different beasts. thanks for the great articles and keep them coming. Yesterday's post was strong as well. You can count on us to ReTweet: http://ow.ly/9rG9 Nelson Wells @Clermont1 Refe,
First off, good article, and while it only points out the generalities of the “debate”, if it is still one- can you believe it is?, it does a good job at getting directly to the point clearly.

Second, I disagree with Peter’s comment, and in fact think his argument simply solidifies the opposite of what he tried to point out. Simply put, sharing or not, more “voracious consumers of music” are spending money on music. period. People who don’t buy music wouldn’t have bought music anyway, and yet now are sharing music with others, some of whom may be consumers of music and thus now know about a band on whom they may direct their dollars toward.

Lastly, as a publicist in the music industry it is our job to spread the word about our talented client’s music. In other words, not only is file sharing not always illegal, but it is what our clients pay us for. They spend hard earned money making sure that we, as their publicists, are getting MP3’s posted to as many music blogs and online outlets as possible, that we get reviews in Pitchfork.com, Stereogum, EW.com, etc, and that we have their videos & MP3’s posted to these places as well.
So, that being said, we also need to remember that there is file sharing, and
there is illegal file sharing. That would be Death Cab For Cutie (a Team Clermont artist, by the way) versus Metallica. Two completely different beasts.

thanks for the great articles and keep them coming. Yesterday’s post was strong as well. You can count on us to ReTweet: http://ow.ly/9rG9

Nelson Wells @Clermont1

]]> By: Peter Clitheroe http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009/05/it-didnt-work-for-8-track-why-we-should-stop-clinging-to-cds-and-embrace-the-digital-market/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Peter Clitheroe Wed, 27 May 2009 13:08:31 +0000 http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/?p=487#comment-539 Although I broadly accept the conclusions, I've seen various versions of this report and each seems to miss the point that although file-sharers may buy lots more music than non-file-sharers, they may just be more voracious consumers of music. Many people in the survey who haven't engaged in file sharing may not have been buying music at all, which would dilute the findings somewhat. I certainly agree that a band (or more likely manager/label) that sues the fans has seriously lost the plot! Although I broadly accept the conclusions, I’ve seen various versions of this report and each seems to miss the point that although file-sharers may buy lots more music than non-file-sharers, they may just be more voracious consumers of music. Many people in the survey who haven’t engaged in file sharing may not have been buying music at all, which would dilute the findings somewhat.
I certainly agree that a band (or more likely manager/label) that sues the fans has seriously lost the plot!

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