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| From | "*Bill Holmes*" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Too soon to be covering songs (was RE: Seven Nation Army) |
| Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:10:27 -0400 |
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> 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.
So does this really hurt artist B? It's not like he's losing sales...if no
one heard of him anyway. Would he break if artist A wasn't around?
> 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)
In that case, people with that kind of determination won't settle for artist
A. They heard artist B, they look up artist B and they buy artist B. And I
don't disagree that exposure on a commercial can lead to (ahem) commercial
success...but we both know the majority of listeners aren't that diligent.
Now if the _record label_ invested in the momentum...
> 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.
Agree to disagree...but I see your points.
b
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