When I said it seemed wrong, I didn't really mean wrong in the sense that
artists shouldn't be signed to a coffee shop's record label, more that for
me personally going into a coffee shop to buy a record in amongst people
queueing for their latte's seemed an *odd* thing to have to do - it felt
wrong. I couldn't care less who McCartney is signed with, it makes no
difference to me as a consumer of his records. The only time it matters to
me is when I can't actually get a hold of his record in a record store as
seems to be the case with this new one.

Who an artist is signed to and where I buy their record are two separate
things and whilst I don't pay much attention to whether I'm buying from an
indie signed artist or an artist on a major, I would prefer to buy my CD's
from an actual record shop. Also, let's be honest it'll make no difference
to Starbucks survival if I buy it there but it may make a difference to my
local independent record shop.

Mark

On 6/7/07, Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Why does it matter WHO released the CD or why? The fact is that somebody
> DID. We're in a world where it took 4 years for Tears For Fears to get a
> label to actually put their last CD in retail stores and where every new
> "event" album gets sold with exclusive packaging, bonus tracks and other
> incentives just so you'll go to *their* store and not someone else's.
>
> I recall in the '80s buying Rhino-styled hits collections from Shell gas
> stations. I have TIME/LIFE CDs I bought off of television. I have LPs I
> got
> by sending in pop bottle liners along with $2.99 for postage from 7UP.
> None
> of these companies are in the music business.
>
> I don't see the problem with Starbucks selling CDs. They're no more
> interested in the music they're pimping than the CD retailers at this
> point
> because many of the CD retailers are now selling T-shirts and ballcaps and
> Family Guy dolls so it won't be long until their stock-in-trade, like
> Wal-mart, is ubiquitous just to stay alive. CDs or shoes or coffee, it's
> all
> just inventory.
>
> And at the end of the day all you want is a CD, right? Go buy it from
> Starbucks. And don't buy their coffee.
>
> Jaimie Vernon,
> Bullseye
>
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