Posted by Loco Jones on 12/18/05 21:06

A musician speaks out, but is the RIAA listening?
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"The truth is that the more a record gets listened to, the more
successful it is. This is not just our megalomania, it's Marketing 101:
the more times a song gets played, the more of a chance it has to catch
the ear of someone new. It doesn't do us much good if people buy our
records and promptly shelve them; we need them to fall in love with our
songs and listen to them over and over. A record that you can't
transfer [...] is a record you're less likely to listen to, less likely
to get obsessed with and less likely to tell your friends about."
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"To be clear, I certainly don't encourage people to pirate our music. I
have poured my life into my band, and after two major label records,
our accountants can tell you that we're not real rock stars yet. But
before a million people can buy our record, a million people have to
hear our music and like it enough to go looking for it. That won't
happen without a lot of people playing us for their friends, which, in
turn, won't happen without a fair amount of file sharing."
- Damian Kulash Jr., lead singer for OK Go.
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Just as fan-created websites generate positive exposure and free
publicity - so I have to wonder how long it will be before those are
forced to shut down as well.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: Get Over It - OK Go)

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