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money for music
Feb. 19th, 2008 12:59 pmI've been asking around on this, and I figure I know a few DJs and some people who know musicians...
I grabbed the new Dropkick Murphys album "The Meanest Of Times" off BitTorrent the other day. I liked it a lot, so I decided to buy it. I could support Criminal Records and buy the CD there, but it was midnight and they were closed. I could order the CD via the internet, pay extra for shipping and get it in 3-5 days. iTunes had a "deluxe edition" with two bonus tracks and some video for $11.99. Amazon MP3 had it for $8.99. I wound up buying it and another one of their albums through Amazon MP3.
I'm wondering how I can eliminate as many middlemen as possible and put as much money in the bands pockets. In a perfect world they would have a virtual tip jar on their website and I could just PayPal them $10 and keep the mp3s I already have, but barring that, what gives artists the best royalties?
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threv said the best way would be to buy it directly from the label, but Hellcat did not have an online store. He said Amazon MP3 is the next best thing. Anyone have any suggestions?
I grabbed the new Dropkick Murphys album "The Meanest Of Times" off BitTorrent the other day. I liked it a lot, so I decided to buy it. I could support Criminal Records and buy the CD there, but it was midnight and they were closed. I could order the CD via the internet, pay extra for shipping and get it in 3-5 days. iTunes had a "deluxe edition" with two bonus tracks and some video for $11.99. Amazon MP3 had it for $8.99. I wound up buying it and another one of their albums through Amazon MP3.
I'm wondering how I can eliminate as many middlemen as possible and put as much money in the bands pockets. In a perfect world they would have a virtual tip jar on their website and I could just PayPal them $10 and keep the mp3s I already have, but barring that, what gives artists the best royalties?
threv said the best way would be to buy it directly from the label, but Hellcat did not have an online store. He said Amazon MP3 is the next best thing. Anyone have any suggestions?
