Elroy wrote:I believe the new itunes to be evil:
-They seek to monoplize the online music market.
-Their feature their new file format heavily, which is not widely compatiable.
-They tailor their service to feature their hardware and software.
evil as it may be, this is pretty standard business practise. any business person seeks to create the closest thing he can to a monopoly, while still remaining within the law. if one wants to be part of the music business, he should deal with the reality that it is a business. obviously, this sucks from the consumer's standpoint. but its the consumer's responsibility to seek out good music, because it will always be possible. industry is never going to kill art to the point where it no longer exists.
Elroy wrote:-They incourage buying one song at time, a world in which, one hit wonders and novlelty songs thrive, but artists and people who make music that isn't 3 minute pop songs suffer.
-50 years ago rock music was ruled by single three minute recordings, and catchy tunes. It has since evolved into something more artistic, going back to a "single" market, will set the art form back.
-They require all songs be sold at the same 99 cent rate, which is price fixing, and is uncapitalist.
all the i-tunes e-music shit in the world isn't going to stop any individual from making a good album and distibuting it at low cost on comapct disc as a whole piece of art if he or she wants to. thats the beauty of modern technology. it is within anybody's grasp to create a really great work at relatively low cost and to distribute it pretty widely without the help of anybody, even a record label.
seriously though, what major label or mainstream rock band is creating album works of art conceived as anything other than a collection of songs thrown together. theres radiohead, and probably a few others i don't know about. more to the point, what
independent rock band is doing this? there aren't very many. in any genre, most of the whole albums you buy have a couple of good songs on em and the rest is filler. this is
especially true in rock music.