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| From | "Craig Leve" <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: David Grahame's Dark Ages |
| Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:32:43 -0700 |
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I have to chime in to support Gene. I usually defend the artist's choice in
how they want to market their music, but this feels very insular. Where
David loses me, is (a) for those who don't know his music, you are given
almost no means to know what you'll be getting so why bother, and (b) for
fans of his music, he makes clear the departure from his earlier work, but
gives you no way to preview where he's gone with it, without actually paying
to just to hear it all. It would NOT be difficult to provide a song snippet
for consumers that find those kinds of things useful. This is not giving
away the milk; if it's good no one will be satisfied with a snippet.
David has clearly chosen to shoulder more than the creative aspects of his
career. I applaud that, but I also hold him to the same expectations I hold
anyone who puts themselves in business of selling me music. I believe David
could do better by his current and (potential) future fans. However as one
of the former, I have no reservations about spending $2/song for his music
and I will. Indeed, I offer my thoughts because I truly believe MORE people
should hear, appreciate and support (including $$) David's music.
best,
craig
p.s. Alan, I owe you an email, and it will be yours soon.
On 4/20/07, Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, part of initial reaction was to the downloading .I realize I am out
> of
> step with the times.Paying $2 for a great song is really not that bad.Ihave
> no problem paying $25 for an import cd.But part of it was sour grapes
> about David not wanting to do a whole album.I own 5 of his cd's and there
> is
> very little filler,if any on his products.And beibg old fashioned I would
> like to see these new songs compiled on a cd.
> I do respect your taste Mark, and you say the songs are good.Who
> knows.Never
> say never.Maybe I will try one some day.My other problem is I don't have
> an
> ipod and I am not too up on burning yet.If I get on top of the technology
> involved I guess I can make my own cd.
> As far as your fee,by all means.After all you have me interested[maybe].
> What do others think of these new tunes?
>
>
> >From: Mark Frumento <mark_frumento@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> >To: audities@smoe.org
> >Subject: Re: David Grahame's Dark Ages
> >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >I can see both sides of the issue but I really have hard time worrying
> >about a couple of extra dollars for something of the quality of these
> >songs. They're really stunning. Very few artists are writing songs this
> >good these days (IMO) and given that David is running a bit of a cottage
> >industry (I mean that in a good way) I think $2.00 is fine. If we were
> >talking millions of downloads, which I'm sure would suit DG just fine,
> then
> >I'd be upset. But as it is the man has to maintain a web site and all of
> >the other administrative things that go along with it. I can also see
> your
> >point. If you're not into downloading then there probably isn't a lot of
> >motivation to pay the price no matter what. Can't say I blame you. As a
> >huge fan of David's work since Toy Plane I guess I'm just a sucker. :-)
> >
> > (Now, here's hoping that Alan and David send me my fee for that. Just
> >kidding. I have no connection whatsoever... other than being a fan.)
> >
>
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