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Interesting article about moby claiming that groups with more tech savy fans are more likely to have their sales of cds effected. He calls it the pearl jam effect. |
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that is a very good point. makes you wonder if some aphex/autechre/plaid type stuff may in reality be of comparable popularity to top 40 stuff? prolly not. :p |
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dont listen to moby. he's bald. |
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I didn't read it but is the main point probably since techy people know how to download music/use computers, they therefore won't buy as much music (since they downloaded it)? Whereas people who listen to jewel are grandmas who can't think of how to open the computer to microwave a tv dinner. |
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Yeah, heh heh, if he's bald he's probably a liar... and a child molester. This is completely reasonable slander. |
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yeh that's pretty much the gist of it. |
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Ok I read it now, so our goal is to target the old grandmas that don't know how to download music. They're always in the grocery store, so we'll have to sell our aphextwin.nu compilation there. I suppose the musical content won't matter, just the right cover on the album for this target audience, like some clouds in the background with a baked muffin in the foreground and we can call it "recipe music" or something. Well grandmas are known for gossip so word will get around the the actual music sucks, maybe we should make the music appealing to this target audience too... or not since it'll be a get rich quick scam anyway. |
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as much as i dislike moby now i agree with this point on this |
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hes probaby right but i mean even though i dl a lot of afx shit i still go out and buy the cds.. burning a cd isnt the same and plus it helps sales and wat not.. i dont think moby has to worry about decling cd sales he should worry more about his music.. |
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Nobody listens to techno |
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Nevertheless, I think he's right |
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I think one can counter with the idea that techno savy fans are more apt at getting the word out via the internet, about a CD, song, that think is good, and effecting more people than their own inner techie circle. The more people talking, the more chance more people will buy. If your music appeals to homeless people, chances are their won't be much internet buzz. Obviously there won't be many CD sales either, but at least tech savy people get the word out to non tech savy people, whether they themselves are more inclined to pirate is probably a reasonable assumption though. Does it balance in the end, I can't find a bit of evidence that supports any conclusion yet, so I can't say. |
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although, he has a good point, i think the bald bastard is just trying to pamper his ego by telling himself that the reason for his declining record sales is because of filesharing on the net instead of the truth, which is his music sucks. :D |
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that's what third eye blind claimed when their second album didn't sell |
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hahaha, I think brendan ether has proposed the most logical explanation. ha, suck it down moby |
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I agree, wholeheartedly. |
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i think moby is correct... |
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I think that this can be true, but usually for me I download a few songs from a cd to dictate whether I'm going to buy it. Its unfair for the music industry to ask consumers to take a leap of faith on a cd, because they may end up hating it. Overall I think that article was Moby pampering his ego, as brendan ether pointed out. |
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meh, i'll keep buying if they keep coming out ;0 |
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moby and oakenfold in 15 days !!! |
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i like moby. |
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Moby makes sheit music ! "We are all made of stars" Didnt that song even enter the Top40 !? |
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That was probably more accurately libel, not slander, since it was "in print" rather than spoken. I like some Moby. But I like the Warp/Rephlex artists a lot more. |
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moby says a lot of things |
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i like moby a lot because he is a very simeple man, ahhhhhhh my idol, we dont need 1/2 the shit that the catalogs are trying to sell us we dont need 200 kinds of toothpaste "the things you own end up owning you" .....fight club even if his cd human rights didnt sell billions its still one of the best cds out there....thanks...see you in kansas city moby....thad |
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