Comments on: Franz Ferdinand Wants You to Download Their Music http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/08/22/franz-ferdinand-wants-you-to-download-their-music/ This is a blog about adventures in design, and sometimes other crap. My name is Beth Dean and I'm a web designer from Cleveland Ohio. I work for Progressive Insurance as a UX Developer. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: beth http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/08/22/franz-ferdinand-wants-you-to-download-their-music/#comment-33161 beth Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:32:00 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/08/22/franz-ferdinand-wants-you-to-download-their-music/#comment-33161 I absolutely agree. The <strong>only</strong> time I buy cds anymore is 1. used, or 2. directly from an artist at a show i've enjoyed, and only in the instance vinyl isn't available. Also agree on the latest flavors of pop hip hop not being true MCs. I absolutely agree. The only time I buy cds anymore is 1. used, or 2. directly from an artist at a show i’ve enjoyed, and only in the instance vinyl isn’t available. Also agree on the latest flavors of pop hip hop not being true MCs.

]]> By: Josh http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/08/22/franz-ferdinand-wants-you-to-download-their-music/#comment-33160 Josh Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:12:09 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/08/22/franz-ferdinand-wants-you-to-download-their-music/#comment-33160 It's funny how artists are all about fans and potential fans downloading their music, but the record labels are all against it. It's very rare that artists and bands make <em>that</em> much money off of their albums. Most of their money comes from promotions, touring, and merchandise. In any case, I'm not going to pay over $10 for a CD when only two, possibly three, songs are going to be good. I need to listen to it first. And maybe hip-hop sales wouldn't be declining if it wasn't the same thing, just by different "MC's". For the record, I don't consider T-Pain, T.I, and other such artists real MC's. Common and Talib Kweli would be examples of MC's. Their music has a message, something that's been lost in hip hop since Run DMC, NWA, and Tupac. I'll even through in some of Jay-Z's tracks. It’s funny how artists are all about fans and potential fans downloading their music, but the record labels are all against it. It’s very rare that artists and bands make that much money off of their albums. Most of their money comes from promotions, touring, and merchandise.

In any case, I’m not going to pay over $10 for a CD when only two, possibly three, songs are going to be good. I need to listen to it first. And maybe hip-hop sales wouldn’t be declining if it wasn’t the same thing, just by different “MC’s”. For the record, I don’t consider T-Pain, T.I, and other such artists real MC’s. Common and Talib Kweli would be examples of MC’s. Their music has a message, something that’s been lost in hip hop since Run DMC, NWA, and Tupac. I’ll even through in some of Jay-Z’s tracks.

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