The only music I've ever heard on NPR are jingles.
Strange comment, I regularly listen to everything from classical to jazz. There are often several NPR stations from different cities within the radius I am driving in so typically there is a some very erudite program on science or current world situations on one while flipping to another NPR station there will be a concert. Best radio stations on the air, bar one. I am thrilled they've now added Apps for NPR, I won't have to sit in the car for ten minutes after I get home to hear the end of some amazingly good program before i can go in the house!
Steve Jobs had said that people really want to own music and that may be true but there are people who simply want to listen to lots of various types of music that they might not want to actually own.
The difference is, Steve Jobs had taste. That means he was very picky about what he liked in music (Dylan), clothes (Levis), cars (Mercedes) etc. And when he found something he liked it was a rare find, so he wanted to own it and keep it.
Most people aren't like that, they're happy to let just random anything wash over them.
Strange comment, I regularly listen to everything from classical to jazz. There are often several NPR stations from different cities within the radius I am driving in so typically there is a some very erudite program on science or current world situations on one while flipping to another NPR station there will be a concert. Best radio stations on the air, bar one. I am thrilled they've now added Apps for NPR, I won't have to sit in the car for ten minutes after I get home to hear the end of some amazingly good program before i can go in the house!
Streaming replaced the radio, it does not replace my music player. Catchy new pop hits, top 40 stuff, and occasional music sampling is fine with streaming. At the end of the day, I want to only music that I love and at the format and bitrate closest to the artist original recording. Streaming does not replace music purchasing.
Streaming replaced the radio, it does not replace my music player. Catchy new pop hits, top 40 stuff, and occasional music sampling is fine with streaming. At the end of the day, I want to only music that I love and at the format and bitrate closest to the artist original recording. Streaming does not replace music purchasing.
I found this shocking: Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any album they ever released. :wow: Engadget dredged up the article today, originally written in 2008.
I found this shocking: Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any album they ever released. :wow: Engadget dredged up the article today, originally written in 2008.
I think what's been said before, that there is no money to be made in music except in touring and merchandise, has been true for a long time.
I found this shocking: Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any album they ever released. :wow: Engadget dredged up the article today, originally written in 2008.
That's from any single album, not cumulative, which I wouldn't say is all that surprising given the price difference between a game and an album:
They sold 150m albums cumulatively, each band member has over $100m and 4m copies were sold of their version of the game from which they are paid a royalty. Overall, they made more money from music. The guy from Activision clearly wants other musicians to license their music to them.
Alternate distribution methods are obviously lucrative though, even just for marketing. Some music videos on Youtube have over 0.5 billion views.
Sometimes money can be made in ways you wouldn't even think. Lily Allen was offered bitcoins in return for a gig and she turned it down:
She'd have had trouble selling that many coins to get the cash but money doesn't always come directly from the art. It's important to fans to maintain some artistic integrity though.
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Strange comment, I regularly listen to everything from classical to jazz. There are often several NPR stations from different cities within the radius I am driving in so typically there is a some very erudite program on science or current world situations on one while flipping to another NPR station there will be a concert. Best radio stations on the air, bar one. I am thrilled they've now added Apps for NPR, I won't have to sit in the car for ten minutes after I get home to hear the end of some amazingly good program before i can go in the house!
Steve Jobs had said that people really want to own music and that may be true but there are people who simply want to listen to lots of various types of music that they might not want to actually own.
The difference is, Steve Jobs had taste. That means he was very picky about what he liked in music (Dylan), clothes (Levis), cars (Mercedes) etc. And when he found something he liked it was a rare find, so he wanted to own it and keep it.
Most people aren't like that, they're happy to let just random anything wash over them.
The NPR by me is mostly talk radio.
I created playlists in Spotify and downloaded the songs for offline use when I consider then to be part of my 'classics'.
To me, streaming is a technical difference from downloading mostly.
I think what's been said before, that there is no money to be made in music except in touring and merchandise, has been true for a long time.
That's from any single album, not cumulative, which I wouldn't say is all that surprising given the price difference between a game and an album:
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/11/5890237/aerosmith-made-more-money-from-guitar-hero-than-from-any-one-of-its-albums
They sold 150m albums cumulatively, each band member has over $100m and 4m copies were sold of their version of the game from which they are paid a royalty. Overall, they made more money from music. The guy from Activision clearly wants other musicians to license their music to them.
Alternate distribution methods are obviously lucrative though, even just for marketing. Some music videos on Youtube have over 0.5 billion views.
Sometimes money can be made in ways you wouldn't even think. Lily Allen was offered bitcoins in return for a gig and she turned it down:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10556820/Lily-Allen-regrets-turning-down-118m-bitcoin-payday.html
She'd have had trouble selling that many coins to get the cash but money doesn't always come directly from the art. It's important to fans to maintain some artistic integrity though.