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| From | Kevin <oddsmusic@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Too soon to be covering songs (was RE: Seven Nation Army) |
| Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:40:01 -0400 |
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> Why, Kevin? Wouldn't it be nice if the fact that they covered
> the song drew
> some attention to the artist?
Unfortunately, I don't see it happening that way. Lets say you've got 2
artists.
Artist-A is a very popular flavor-of-the-month.
Artist-B is an unknown up-and-comer.
Joe Schmoe walks into a music store and sees the same song on both
Artist-A and Artist-B's CD. He's never heard of Artist-B but he hears
about Artist-A all the time. He'll spend his money on Artist-A.
> Car commercials? Yeah, THAT will make him famous.
> (see cash is good comment above, though). At least
> the record will identify him by name.
And see, I think people are much more likely to hear a song now in a car
commercial and then hunt down the artist. Hell, the car websites
recognize this enough that they even make areas specifically about the
music in their commercials. (see Moby, the Da-Da-Da band, etc)
I think when an artist covers a song thats STILL out and considered a
"new" song, they end up hurting the band they're covering.
-kev
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