Opinion on downloading

Tunems · 04-19-2014, 11:34 PM

Alright, so I spend a lot of time with local music, and see so much talent coming from people that can't go pro. Usually it's because they have a day job and just can't afford to go pro (and by pro, I mean being able to be a full time musician: pay the bills, pay for recordings, pay for tours, merch, etc). I really hate that because a lot of the locals I see really deserve it a lot more.

So, the opinion part now. I have an idea to try and reverse free downloading, but I want to do it to help local bands get that extra push. How big of an impact would it be if you could let fans, potential fans, and anyone else download free music while you get paid? I don't actually know how much it hurts bands right now, but the amount of "playing for exposure", "downloading for exposure", and just basically doing things "for exposure", seems to be a lot . . . Then again, I don't sell music so I don't know.

04-19-2014, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tunems Groupie Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3	Opinion on downloading Alright, so I spend a lot of time with local music, and see so much talent coming from people that can't go pro. Usually it's because they have a day job and just can't afford to go pro (and by pro, I mean being able to be a full time musician: pay the bills, pay for recordings, pay for tours, merch, etc). I really hate that because a lot of the locals I see really deserve it a lot more. So, the opinion part now. I have an idea to try and reverse free downloading, but I want to do it to help local bands get that extra push. How big of an impact would it be if you could let fans, potential fans, and anyone else download free music while you get paid? I don't actually know how much it hurts bands right now, but the amount of "playing for exposure", "downloading for exposure", and just basically doing things "for exposure", seems to be a lot . . . Then again, I don't sell music so I don't know.