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Radiohead Blasted By Veteran Rockers KISS For Giving Their Music Away For Free
Written By synunoi on Jun. 20, 2008.
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From the Clip Radiohead Blasted By Veteran Rockers KISS For Giving Their Music Away For Free posted by Scrivs:
Bassist Gene Simmons says the British rockers – who gave fans the choice to download last year's album 'In Rainbows' for free or pay a sum of their choosing - says their decision is contributing to the demise of the record industry and insists his band would never follow suit.
Gene Simmons is just old, and bitter.
Radiohead trusts their fans. They know that the people who can afford to support their music, will do everything in their power to do so. Sure, they might have lost a few dollars here and there to the random listeners, but...
My girlfriend, a die-hard Radiohead fan, was ready to pay for her download the moment it was available on-line.
Yes, it's true that CD sales have dropped due to p2p file sharing... but...
I know I'd be lost in a world without free mp3s. It allows me to make the decision whether or not I like something BEFORE investing a lot of money in a CD that I end up hating. Really, what's the harm in that?
Scrivs
Written Jun. 20, 2008 / Report /
When I first read the article I was a bit perplexed. An old rock band says they are just going to wait till the record industry makes a comeback and then start selling records again...
I didn't know it was cyclical like that or you could all of a sudden reverse technology AND time to get back to the "glory" days. Radiohead did nothing wrong, they decided to evolve while everyone else was hoping someone would come up with a solution to their problems. Yeah it sucks to be an artist and have all your work taken for free, but you deal with it and work with it.
Ozone42
Written Jun. 20, 2008 / Report /
Gene Simmons is just running out of money. Thus the shift to television and comic conventions, etc.
shadowsun7
Written Jun. 21, 2008 / Report /
Change makes people uncomfortable. I believe Radiohead's experiment to be a hugely successful one - I'd never have really thought of donations as a business model until now.
Scrivs
Written Jun. 23, 2008 / Report /
Well the old-schoolers were essentially making money the easy way. I know making it big is anything but easy, however you should never just sit back and expect nothing to change. Now they can't record an album and expect people to run and buy it. They have to get creative, which as artists you would think they could do.