Artists make more money since file sharing became popular
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Fuck music used to be hard to get. Back in 1995 I had been listening to lots of Electronic/Rave Music and old albums i.e digging for the likes of Funkadelic/ Fab 5 etc. I had started to hate music though. I loved electronic music when I discovered it, sure I still listened to Hip Hop but it’s popularity sickened me. File sharing was non-existent. You would have to wait for your weekly radio show and tape it on cassette or, of course, tape it from your mate… you then needed to find a double cassette player. Both of them (radio shows and double cassette decks) were far and few between.
Rave culture was appealing, it wasn’t mainstream.The music was unheard of in it’s entirety and despite some old schoolers having fond memories of Sound Unlimited. I hated them. They were wack as fuck. From the clothes they wore, to their dance routines to their rhymes. They were like a broken version of Kris Kross vs Mc Hammer. Now looking back and even shortly after I decided Rave Music wasn’t for me, the same could have been said, as it headed for the same fate of Hip Hop of the time. (does that makes sense? sorry cbf re-writing it)
Feeling somewhat lost for new music I recall going to the only Music Shop in Box Hill and having a browse through the Hip Hop section. To my surprise I found a compilation CD called HomeBrewz 2. This CD was played on repeat. My old man ended up buying a somewhat decent CD player that was able to burn to tape, so the album got carted around and shared with friends.
Still a few years off having any regular money to spend on Music, when I did (have money) I would grab some imported wax or an international mix tape instead of a local tape. Though Ollie Bobbit or Shazlek1 did there best to get me to buy local and around the time of Formula on PBS I did.
When I eventually started earning enough to regularly buy Music I started grabbing whatever local tapes and Music that was available. Some was on the recommendation of friends but mostly what I had heard on PBS or RRR. As times change and my record collection takes up more room than I can afford I have somewhat reduced what I spend on records to almost nothing. I do however still go to the odd gig.
Like most these days, I prefer to grab my music online. In fact the tracks I seem to be playing the most at the moment are tracks that being given out by the artist for free. I must have been to at least a dozen concerts in the past year and quite a few smaller gigs. Some of the gigs I payed entry on and some I didn’t but I did pay for lots of booze and I love a good t-shirt. I have heaps of Band t-shirts. So I fully agree with the below article,
though it doesn’t give the same perspective as I have just shared with you :
http://torrentfreak.com/artists-make-more-money-in-file-sharing-age-than-before-100914/
Ultramagnetic Bronx Emcee, Tim Dog, supposedly owes Obese records owner ‘Pegz’ 3 Large. And Pegz wants to fight him for it. Tim Dog who rose to fame with his release of “Fuck Compton” back in the earlies 90′s due to his despise for the gangsta rap mentality that had been brought about by NWA and the apparent lack of love from record executives, will apparently be back down in Australia later this year. I have no further information on that gig at this time. Pegz posted his message last night on ozhiphop.com but it had mysteriously dissapered by this morning. Maybe it was a joke or maybe he remembered revenge is a dish best served cold. Either way if something was eventuate I don’t think their would be any doubt in punters minds on who would win this fight. An aging rapper or a rapper in his prime?