antiGUY gives his
top 5 list of music stuff. Could be songs, people, a stupid trend... nothing
is sacred to antiGUY
This
Months Top 5
Top
5 Reasons CD's Cost so much.
This month's Top 5 is a little different.
The topic of the high cost of CD's has been in the news lately, with 28
states suing the record companies for price fixing. I read an interesting
article that said that CD's cost about $1.00 to manufacture and the record
companies turn around and sell them to retailer's for around $9.00. The
Retailer's turn around and sell them for between $16 an $19. Not a bad
profit, eh? We can assume that $3.00 of the markup on the CD goes towards
the retailer's operating expenses, rent, the light bill, insurance, IRS
(Maybe another $3 goes here) and the minimum wage paycheck for their employees
and the rest is profit. Ok this is business and they are in business
to make money.
This month I take a look at where that
original $9 the retailer is paying might be going to. I do not work for
a record company, so I have to take some guesses here, but this should
be a fun example.
I know this won't be a popular statement
but I have to make it. It is easy to bash record companies, stories abound
about how they screw artists over left and right. But I must say that the
people I have dealt with at record labels (publicist) really do believe
in the artists and do what every they can to make them successful.(Most
of the time). With that little disclaimer, here is this month's Top 5.
Top
5 Reasons CD's Cost so much. (where does the money go?)
5) $1.50 to make the CD and ship it to
the stores
4) $1.50 for kickbacks, bribes and promotional
expenses to get the music played on radio.
3) $3.00 to the Record Label - $2.00 profit
and $1.00 towards "Tour expenses" like record company execs Hotel Suites,
limo's, Peruvian Nose Candy etc.
2) $2.00 to make videos MTV will never
air and buy magazine ads no one ever reads.
Number
one
And $1.00 goes to the lawyer who wrote
the contract that screwed the artist out of any profit from the sale of
the CD.
Your
turn, what do you think?
Fan
Speak:
Posted by assassin:
Where do the rappers money comes in
Posted by Elmo:
RIAA shut up!!! Fickt euch ins Knie ihr miesen Wichser!! Kauft eure cds alleine!!!
Posted by AliceCooperette:
Not Communist software, capitalist software! Greedy, blind, corporate American audio errors that'll goof up the sound.
Posted by A Prophet:
If CD's were $4.95, maybe people wouldn't always burn them through MP3. What an idea!
Posted by bluetheta:
Boycott all CDs made after November 2001, assum that you can't make MP3s, the communist software HAS BEEN INSTALLED!!!!
Posted by bluetheta:
Watch out now, the LABELS are going to install software to prevent us from making our own MP3 for personal use. I found a major flaw in their scheme, it is called the LEMON LAW. The law provides that if a consumer attempts to use a product fails the consumer is entitled a replacement or refund. This means that all you have to do is say it doesnt play, result is MAJOR RECALL. Some consumers are so irate that they are reversing technology, returning to audio cassettes. As far the DMCA (I call it the Dumb Multimedia Communist Act) will have little to no effect, because everyone will just enter the realm of hacking (forget government defense computers; too busy breaking into my own CD that I PAID FOR!)
I am happy to watch the LABEL stocks take a severe beating in the last 2 quarters (Reports were before the WTC incident) On the college radio front, the Independant labels/artist are seeing record growth, thanks in part of publishing songs on the web. Some artist are facing a new logistic problem, everyone want them to play at their college and not egnough time to squeeze them in. I am monitoring these labels to see what they are going to do with CD production; I dont think they will put anti-american software for fears of knock themselve out of business.
As far I am concerned: DEATH TO THE RIAA!
Posted by bluetheta:
It is plain and simple; the labels are WORSTER than Microsoft. Do you know that RADIO STATION are forbidden to air "Freelance artist", these poor beginner have to beg a weak AM or a community college radio station to air their song which they are willing to provide to the station Royalties-free.
Those state should also levy Anti-trust suits against the RIAA. Napster should use the BETAMAX defense, they just provide a resource, they have no control over it use (just like the VCR, which the movie industry tried to block but unsucessfully).
SOBcanada is correct, with the free realm of swapping, artist who were stuck in college or AM station HAD a world full of ears; but the RIAA knew their days are numbered AND STILL IS!
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BOOKWORM
CDS COST WAY TO MUCH FOR SOMETHING I DONT EVEN LISTEN TO!
SyRKuS
You sure they ain't forking all that money over to Metallica in fears that they might be sued by them?
Dr Fever
GreenMuse...I agree totally!!! FuKKK yeah...fukkk fred durst!!
phil deez nutz
fuk eminem and fred durst's unoriginal ass. Metallica make music, and fuk u if you can't see or hear the difference bitch.
greenmuse
i got a great idea for a new top 5,top five reasons why fred durst is the reason for the downfall of music,and society in general.has anyone heard the song rollin? that has got to be the worst excuse for music i have ever ever heard.i would rather listen to van halen,or dip my testicles in battery acid than hear that song.
Dr Fever
i think it's time for a new top 5.
BUTCH
I like what Butch said, quoting Metallica and all. But ain't it funny how that same Metallica now is part of that wonderful corporate empire and pals of MTV? Hmmmmm
BUTCH
MAny years ago metalica said it best, "kill 'em all"
SOBcanada
I think that the record companies are afraid that the artists can take their career into their own hands. At this point if a new band were to to sign with a label instead of taking advantage of the internet, They could actually be hurting instead of helping their career.By not having a contract a band could release anything they wanted over the net instead of possibly being sued by their recird company(see sony/offspring) Just because the record companies can't see or accept that this is the ultimate promotions tool doesn't mean we have our heads in the sand.
Dr Fever
here's a neat little note: if you live in america and there is a "Target" dept. store in your town (think a highclass Walmart..but wait, that's kinda an oxymoron...anyway..) GO THERE. You can get CD's cheap as hell (walmart/kmart prices) and without that pesky censorship thing. Hell, I bought Metallicas' "Garage Inc" when it came out for 15 bucks..not to shabby for a double CD that had been out for about a week at that time.
non DJ
If everyone would stop being so foolish, and start listening to radio static and traffic noise, instead of silly melodies purveyed for your obsolete sound systems, we wouldn't have these problems, would we?
tim
Hey I remember early on like in 86' and 87' when cd's were only costing me 12.99 brand new now i would be paying 15.99 to 19.99 for these discs and dont give me that it's inflation crap if anything they should be cheaper considering it's an older technology now.
green muse
as much as i really hate lars,not for the napster thing,there is so many other reasons like his mullet.nut any ways dr fever says some pretty funny stuff,this being one of those times
Dr Fever
Ya know, if the gawdd@mn sun blew up TOMMOROW you people would find some stupid ass way that it's Lars Ulrichs fault! Jesus! Get a new excuse to bitch about it!
Reality check
Bottom line - The Industry as well as the likes of Lars are all greed mongers! I saw the music awards and for Lars to compare breaking into a kids bedroom and stealing his computer to losing profit after already making a few million is crazy. He can suck the pimples off my dogs ass. I really had respect for Metallica the first half of their career. Now I expect that their next song will be a ballet called "Spend the night with me Mr. Producer."
John
Corporations and the arts don't mix!!
John
Remenber when CDs first came out they cost
so much because of the new technology?
They were suppose to get cheaper!
Well they haven't. Why? Because all
record companies report to Wall St
and they are not going to show declining
revenue and profits.
Jay
The last CD I bought was about an hour ago -Eminem SlimShady LP
It was only $19 not very much really. I couldn't be f***** waiting 14 days for the vinyl copy to be imported.
the antiRIAA
i don't download any cd tracks off napster; all i do is look for 'rare' and download everything i find cuz THAT you can't buy.
L3W!5 (lewisthomson.com)
I live in Scotland and here CD's cost around £15 which I don't know how much it is in dollars but it is REALLY expensive. The last CD I bought was about 4 years ago. I've got my hi-fi through the PC so I just tape them at my leisure. The artists don't make hardly any money, the record companies take all the profit. The only time from now on I will buy a CD is when I can't find it on MP3 format on the net. ;)
MP3 Guru
I don't worry about it anymore. I have downloaded nearly every song I always wanted off of Napster. Music CD's have always been a "rip-off" and always will be.
ShAgGz
Anybody that's still paying for record exec's booze is a moron! Burn your own CD's and them sell em for a fraction of the real price!!!
Whitey
CD's are too expensive
support mp3 downloading
Jay
yeah tony I happen to have liked RATM
Jay
yeah tony I happen to have liked RATM
Jay
yeah tony I happen to have liked RATM
Jay
yeah tony I happen to have liked RATM
ek_chuak
i hope that tony dies slowly and painfull
Jay
Vinyl is tha best sure I've got about 40 cd most rap and metal but vinyl is much better to rip scratch and all that dj sh!t I do so I agree wit GREEN MUSE
MONEY LOVER
Well kids,the reason that CD cost so much is couse we LOVE MONEY,how do you think produsers pay for their whores
cold sweat
Speaking of Napster best song to download is "Stealing Fat" by Dust Brothers. Dre can have a g-ride on a nutsizak
Metal Wolf
I read a interview with Malcomn Young from AC/DC and he says the reason why many bands change their sound usually is because their record companes hassle, nag and bully the bands to change their sound. When most of us blame the bands it is mostlyt he record companies fault for most of the selling out. I guess I just ate my words because i used too say Metallica sold out but then again, that is another arguement and I wont get into that.
Ken
This just proves that Metallica has sold out in another way-to the record companies
Mr. Moddafoka
Uhhhh yeah my Joe is hard, if ya know what i mean. imma go do a CD right in the hole
Pretty fly for a white guy
$1.00 because not everybody has a CD Writer/Recorder to make their own cd's
GREEN MUSE
me myself i prefer vinyl
RidahNY
Quit impersonating me you fόcking piece of shοt! Analog sόcks so bad compared to Digital!
RidahNY
I'd rather get screwed out of money playing music than being stuck in some dead end job making peanuts.
MasterOfPuppetz
of course artists get screwed as far as the profit from sales go, thats why they tour, thats where the real money comes from for artists, im pretty sure record companies dont get anything from ticket sales, i could be wrong though
RidahNY
i think Bleach costed $606.19 actually and the dude that put out the money (jason everman) never got paid back.
ShroomDevil
I think that people just like money, and enjoy it more when they recieve larger amounts of it. I don't think there's any conspiracy in it. And u have to think... are they just selling CDs? No dammit. It takes thousands of dollars to produce all of nowadays fake-ass, computer editted studio productions. Even back in the day when people made their own music is still costs the more than the 1.00 you're claiming a CD takes to make. Nirvana's "Bleach" album costed $600, and they were pretty proud of that. Now a decade later, do you think that the price in making CDs went down? Sorry for wasting your time.
Tony
the reason is so the greedy bastards like rage against the machine can rip off stupid kids with their unoriginal crap-core filled with ideas that died with Karl Marx.
.
right on!
RidahNY
I know i probably sound ridiculous to most people this day in age but i wish things stayed completely analog. I hate digital form of media. I can name at least 10 advantages of analog over digital including PRICE but there are many others also. Rock music flat out sounds better through analog equipment. With analog mixers etc. you get that compression and warm when turning your music up loud. Digital form distorts and the intonation is totally off once you peak the volume. So we're paying $15-$18 for a single CD for this? Sure at normal volume, digital is better but most of us like your music loud. Although digital has advantages as well, i'd rather pay less for analog and deal with tape hiss as opposed to paying more for digital quality.
Disgruntled Goat
Add in about 6.00 more for the bands to use as toilet paper and you have it all right.
ping
even if record companies only made $3 on each cd... if they sold 9 million cds, they'd make $27 million profit. they don't NEED that big of a mark-up. they're just greedy ass wipes.
dude
man i think you are on to something here. i read a bok called hitmen a few years back that really talked about how payola is rampant in radio. now mtv does the same thing like making unreasonable demands in order to air a video. i think the internet will be the great equalizer now artist can sidestep the record label if they have a fan base already.
Dr Fever
I just gotta say..this entire lars/metallica thing is O.V.E.R. come on @$$%&(!)|$, get a new topic to chew on..and, yes aG, this column is soooo very true, except the kick backs part for radio, we never take kickbacks in radio. (*grin*)i don't know where you get your information (*looks at backstage pass from STP/Red Hot Chilli Peppers show*) but it's wrong (*thumbs through stack of free CD's*) and i am offended!! (*laughs uncontrolably and fall into the floor*)
f#ck you, antiLars
um, f#ck you. Metallica is 155 times
better than Limp Bizkit or Eminem, and the whole napster thing was a plot by the record companies
to pass the blame on to the band. If napster is disabled, blame the corporations, as$hole.
PS, this f#ckin thing censored me on my swearing-
I'd like to say, f#ck censorship, a$shole!
antiLARS
You forgot $5 to pay fukkin Lars
Max
aint that the truth
