tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494085258918279624.post3472739469774282308..comments2023-10-07T02:51:27.569-07:00Comments on Recession Obsessions: Lily Allen Offers New Album for $3.99 On Amazon.comEmily J. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309655096882906759noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494085258918279624.post-65241714278517735362009-02-19T09:13:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:13:00.000-08:00Not really a Lily Allen fan, but I do like the bus...Not really a Lily Allen fan, but I do like the business model. It's about time these musicians (and more likely their agents) started pushing the record companies around a bit. Metallica can complain all they want about P2P downloading, but when it comes down to it, if they weren't charging $20 a pop for a crapshoot of an album (how often are the whole albums actually better than just the good singles?) on an outdated storage medium (the CD is so 80s), no wonder people steal their music.<BR/><BR/>If more bands realized that they get their 10% no matter how much the record gurus make, then they can start to force the issue. Every album should be distributed for the more expensive price of $10 on a CD, and for dirt cheap online ($3-4 sounds about right). With no cost to press CDs, store them and ship them, there is no reason not to drop the prices of the albums and watch the sales roll in.<BR/><BR/>More people will actually buy which means more money for everyone (and the good will of being an early artist who "cares about their fans listening to the music" should surely help a few fledgling careers).<BR/><BR/>I mean, since the cost of recordng the album is negligable in the grand scheme of things, if online cuts out the physical transaction costs shouldn't all music albums be this price by now? And wouldn't I buy more of them instead of downloading the one or two tracks I like?ElwoodJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047461906316505377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494085258918279624.post-18000653727888618362009-02-18T18:15:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:15:00.000-08:00I COULDN'T FIND IT!! i think they took the offer o...I COULDN'T FIND IT!! i think they took the offer off the table the DAY i found out about it.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08246447849493028828noreply@blogger.com