Kazza/Morpheous/Napster = Big downhill slump 4 Cd sales

[Amish Warlord]

Another thing i love about tool.. they MAKE you buy the album. The album art leads sooo much into what the rest of the album means and represents.. it's deep. Like.. in the lateralus liner notes.. in one of the pictures, the guy's brain... in the folds it says 'god'. wiiierd stuff

-J

[Dogstar]

Yeah, I didn't have to download any Tool stuff because I liked what I heard. It's really cool to listen to an artist and look at the artwork at the same time. It gives the music a whole different feel. I find this the case with Jerry Cantrell's Degradation Trip Vols. 1 & 2. The artwork is very cool and totally fits the music and the vibe of the CD, dark and murky.

[Xterminator27]

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Originally posted by Dogstar
20 bucks is a lot for a CD that cost them maybe a tenth of that to produce...

It cost em about 10c to maker a CD, i think 2 bucks outta the 20 actually goes to teh artist. The store gets i think around 7 bucks and the Record lable gets like the rest./

[Dogstar]

Yeah, it's a friggin crime, X. Wasn't sure about the numbers, but that sounds about right. The labels rake it in for sure. Some artists I'm sure get better deals than others.

[Bridge of Clay]

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Originally posted by Dogstar
I download mostly as a shopping guide. If I hear a song on the radio that I kind of like, I might find out the album, check the track list, download three or four songs and see whether I like them. If so, I'll buy the CD. It's the best way to shop because then I figure if I like three or four songs, it's worth getting the studio CD. Plus, I like that some of them have DVD stuff and videos and bonus interviews and the like.  
I also think the economy and the high prices of some of the CDs are contributing to the slumping music sales. 20 bucks is a lot for a CD that cost them maybe a tenth of that to produce...

I do this way too!!!

BTW, I forgot to tell you:

I downloaded Weathered 2 weeks before it was released in USA. My friend gave me a site where I could do that. I asked him how he got it, he just said he was in the "mafia"... not sure what he meant, I´m sure he was kidding though... He always gets these stuff...

Anyway, as I didn´t want to get in Creed´s way, I didn´t spread the word. And I bought Weathered on the day it came out here in Brazil... That was a couple weeks later than in US... It was so fun having it before the others! I remember I posted a part of OLB lyrics on the Creed official BB... but I didn´t say what it was...people went nuts... Although I wasn´t a regular poster there, I think that people didn´t give me much credit! hahahaha

[Dogstar]

LOL, Marcos. That's so cool, though, that you had it before it came out. I did that with the Audioslave song, Cochise. I had it all memorized by the time I got the CD . Haha, I'm sure your friend was kidding about the mafia...