Guitarist Borislav Mitic Speaks His Mind
These are some excerpts from an open letter written by Borislav Mitic regarding music piracy…
I would like to send a message for all those who intend to download my album for free :
…You see,… it is very hard to master an instrument. It takes a lot of years of practice, discipline, study and dedication (like going to a university and more) to reach the level of playing that I and similar musicians are at…
…But musicians go through all these pains because they love and believe in music and they believe in fair and just financial reward return for hard work of producing beauty of music they offer to the world. Don’t you agree that musicians should be paid for their work?
When people illegally post or download free MP3 files on Internet of the music that musician made so many sacrifices to create – it is the sign of ULTIMATE DISRESPECT! This means literally taking the bread off the musician’s table and spitting in their face!…
…I know,… CDs in stores cost money (16$ a piece?), the world is in economic crises and it’s easier to get a free download so that you can put that money into buying your pants and cookies, right? Hey, you can make a cool free collection of thousands of albums with no money invested at all! Woohhhoooo, viva la internet!! How cool is this!!!??? Well,… NOT COOL AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…This will be THE END OF TIMES FOR MUSIC! After we musician give up the labels will fold, the music stores will turn into … shoe shops for example (you can’t download those through internet can you now?)!
Soon after that the whole music industry, concerts, fun time, guitars,… will be dead and gone – thanks to Internet and illegal global piratery system! Game over!…This will be THE END OF TIMES FOR MUSIC! After we musician give up the labels will fold, the music stores will turn into … shoe shops for example (you can’t download those through internet can you now?)!
Soon after that the whole music industry, concerts, fun time, guitars,… will be dead and gone – thanks to Internet and illegal global piratery system! Game over!You have been warned!
Borislav Mitic
Read the full message here
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Imagine A World Without Groupies
Mark Cuban discussed Chris Anderson’s new book “Free” in his post, “Free vs. Freely Distributed”. Cuban points to the canary in the coal mine…
The future of content outside of the music industry is exactly what you are now seeing inside the music industry. The music industry uses what they have learned from more than 10 years of competing with free. First they cut the size of their organizations to the bone, keeping just those they hope and pray will know best how to guide them through the world of free.
And, of course, the world of free means a glut of music. Mark may have stumbled on to a possible solution…
You get the music industry. Anyone can create any song for no cost, and they do. The problem of course is getting your music to stand out among the millions of songs available at any given moment. Its expensive. Very, very expensive. (If it werent for groupies, would the number of musical artists contract 90pct ?)
Just get rid of the groupies!
Can you imagine? It would be like one giant MySpace/sensitive singer, songwriter/death metal/rap/hip-hop/alternative/folk/white guy blues band/indie bug bomb.
And…the show will go on
Check this out…this is the headline from the lead story at Rolling Stone’s daily music news deal…
Woodstock Box Set Packed With Unreleased Dead, Who Tracks
Hunh!!??
Are you kidding me?
That’s not news. Stuff that didn’t make the cut for a live record that was released almost 40 years ago? “Unreleased tracks” by the Dead and the Who? Did the Who or the Dead knock it so far out of the park at Woodstock that we now need to put the culls under the microscope?
There is no music news.
Earlier this week, our good pal Sans Direction had a post in which he analyzed some goofy article where some guy had five ideas that will save the music “industry” and refuted the nonsense with pinpoint clarity. By the way Dave, I gave much thought to a comment but, I figured I might as well fill some space up here since…
…There is no music news.
Why do you suppose that is Jack?
Well, because the “music industry” hasn’t been “saved”. And, the fact is…nobody could have saved it anyway.
All the music industry has ever been…is a bunch of salesmen.
Remember “WKRP In Cincinnati”? When everybody used to bust on the pathetic guy in the ridiculous suit; the salesman? It was one of those deals where the joke worked but, the truth is; real radio stations don’t exist without salesmen.
The music industry doesn’t exist without salesmen. Nor do the newspaper, television, movie, magazine and, book publishing industries.
The music industry uses data as a commodity. Data is no longer a commodity.
Salesmen can’t sell something that is no longer a commodity.
Journalism is the next to tank. Journalism, news, is data.
Journalism needs to tank same way the music industry needed it. It has been a bloated bunch of manufacturing swill.
The news won’t disappear. Stuff will happen and word will get out. As the value of data decreases, communication increases.
And, music will survive. Cats who dig making it will continue regardless.
And believe it or not; there are salesmen who do it because it’s in their blood, in their souls. Those cats will seek out stuff to sell that they believe in and, that’s how it should be.
It’s the age of communication. It’s a righting of the ship. It’s a fucked up mess. Data isn’t a commodity but ideas will be and, it’s going to be OK.
We could use some salesmen in the music “community”. Cats who love to sell and can grasp the idea of selling ideas. Liaisons that that can foster relationships with fans and build careers. What we have right now is a bunch of talented musicians who are flailing around, spending valuable time, in a futile effort to sell themselves. The “idea” of themselves.
We could use people that can say; “You need to pay attention to this person. He/she/they have great ideas. Here’s a sample, take a listen.”, with passion and flair. That’s a true salesman. Some are throwing the term “trusted stewards” around. To me, it sounds like a diversionary tactic. Futurist babble. We need salesmen.
And, as we stumble through the fog, they will surface and re-surface. And…the show will go on. Trust me on that.
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