Comments on: Indie artists score in Australia http://a2f2a.com/2009/11/05/indie-artists-score-in-australia/ The net's first, and only, artists-to-fans-to-artists blog! Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dreddsnik http://a2f2a.com/2009/11/05/indie-artists-score-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Dreddsnik Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:52 +0000 http://a2f2a.com/?p=686#comment-613 This is what happened in my area with the local clubs. Get greedy, get nothing. This is what happened in my area with the local clubs.
Get greedy, get nothing.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://a2f2a.com/2009/11/05/indie-artists-score-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Crosbie Fitch Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:42 +0000 http://a2f2a.com/?p=686#comment-571 I tried to persuade Tim Westergren of Pandora to adopt this strategy a few years ago (and play only license-free music or the MP3s already on the listener's PC), but my piddling powers of persuasion simply didn't pass muster. Instead Pandora is simply absent from the UK. Such a pity. Talking of jukeboxes, I wrote <a href="http://www.digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=82" rel="nofollow">The Patron's Jukebox</a> to try and help people understand why prohibiting commercial use of their music was not only counter-productive, but denied the artist potential income from their fans. Something pertinent to ponder with respect to recent discussions and the temptation to compel rather than invite payment where artists' music is played. I tried to persuade Tim Westergren of Pandora to adopt this strategy a few years ago (and play only license-free music or the MP3s already on the listener’s PC), but my piddling powers of persuasion simply didn’t pass muster. Instead Pandora is simply absent from the UK. Such a pity.

Talking of jukeboxes, I wrote The Patron’s Jukebox to try and help people understand why prohibiting commercial use of their music was not only counter-productive, but denied the artist potential income from their fans.

Something pertinent to ponder with respect to recent discussions and the temptation to compel rather than invite payment where artists’ music is played.

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