Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed Music Industry

[molo9000]

Killing the music INUDSTRY is actually a good thing.
Digital distribution enabled small bands, who would have previously been shunned by the record companies, to find an audience and make a living.

Good music will always exist, no matter how much money the record companies make and how many mansions the newest blandest MTV popstar owns.

 

[Guest]

Its really the record companies in their infinite greed that were late to the party , They had a chance to get on board w ITUNES right from the start but they didn;t want to give up the profits they were making , As a professional musician my real complaint is that today very few people listen to a whole CD . If dark side of the moon came out tomorrow the only tune 90% of the people would have only bought was the song MONEY and they would have missed the whole CD experience , The same with Tommy or even SGT Peppers ..... It's a real shame , That's what Jon was trying to say .

 

[fyasko]

wrong... bon jovi is wrong... the record industry killed the record industry. itunes is the only thing stopping people from pirating everything, i don't like spending money on music unless it's for a ticket to a show, or merch supporting said artist... the music industry is dynamic and should be, dinosaurs like bon jovi will never understand it... bands are making money by selling their music to corporations for use in movies commercials etc. think edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, they sold most of their music and it is in alot of tv shows and commercials... the record labels need to die more quickly...

 

[kilo_17]

I wonder if his opinion would be different if they had let iTunes use their music, and had made money off it.

 

[pocketdrummer]

[citation][nom]molo9000[/nom]Killing the music INUDSTRY is actually a good thing.Digital distribution enabled small bands, who would have previously been shunned by the record companies, to find an audience and make a living.Good music will always exist, no matter how much money the record companies make and how many mansions the newest blandest MTV popstar owns.[/citation]

I personally disagree. Take Myspace, for example. How often have you checked your messages just to have 10 bands pleading with you to like their music? Some of those bands have thousands of "friends", yet they can hardly fill a small gig. We aren't given tons of options for fantastic music, we're given EVERYONE's music, whether good or complete crap. Unfortunately, MOST people write crap music. Yes, the music industry raped bands financially, but they also culled the herd of amateurs. Not to mention, it used to be glorious to get signed... now it's just a great way to sign off all profits with no promise to get anywhere.

I love digital music, but it has paved the way to mass piracy. I'm not saying that's the only problem, but it's the most detrimental to the industry. On a side note, have you noticed that large shows have become a thing of the past? That money comes from somewhere...

 

[greenspoon]

At least he is not blaming it on piracy.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Nothing like deceiving millions on music listeners by making them purchase an album they know nothing about because it "looks cool". What a douche bag. iTunes and similar music distribution services allow more room for better music, PERIOD. People get to listen to the crap they are about to purchase and decide whether or not to make the decision. It will force musicians to make better music. Sounds pretty damn good to me.

 

[f-14]

music execs killed the industry itself, trying to stick with the same old boring methods and merchandising/marketing advertising and most importantly pricing.
they screwed themselves over, and i am glad for it. it's about time they were raped instead of the consumers. music companies are dead relics now, they just haven't realized they're extinct yet. the death knell is all we're waiting on.

 

[distortion]

The flipping through pages is nice, but its really the uncompressed quality of CD music that shines. Just as Netflix does not stream via internet a full HD/theater experience to your house, neither can encoded audio formats. The difference in sound might not be obvious to the kid with the iPod because of some degree of equalization which often leads to saturation of bass and thin highs. However, try listening to that same music on a decent system and you will hear intricacies that you have never heard before.

 

[need4speeds]

Well i had the LP, bon jovie, Their debut album, Their first album was not so bad, their second, "new jersy" kinda suked. So that spelled the end for the band really. You cant blame apple for that. And by the way i bought that LP on vynl when the apple IIc was brand new. You know how long ago that is? At home we had a brand new 80386 running win 3.11 playing games like quake, decent, daytona usa. U know it ran at 40mhz? yeah 40 mhz.
I believe that album sold reasonably well, if bon jovie did not invest money back then, say buy some apple stock or something like gold or real estate. Then that is not our problem, quit blaming apple for that.
"let it rock, let it roll, i got the music, give me some more" bon jovie, lol.

 

[liveonc]

I disagree. If MP3 said, "You die!" Jobs said, "You die slowly!"

 

[christop]

I don't think it's dead. If it was why are all the new music stars rolling in money? Don't get me wrong new music sucks electronic crap with voice tuners you don't need talent anymore just a good studio to make you sound good.

 

[spentshells]

[citation][nom]MWIZ[/nom]"making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like"Ya, I'm sure the industry truly does miss the days of consumers lacking the ability to make an informed purchasing decision.[/citation]

I have bought more great albums this way than I have chosen bad ones

 

[xantek24]

as long as i have all my classics safe in my cd wallet, the music industry can melt the f down for all i care because i highly doubt that a physical album will be worth buying from now on (well except maybe for Eminem's future releases...)

 

[spentshells]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]iTunes didn't kill the music industry. Crap music killed the music industry. Not sure I agree with comments made by a guy that wrote a bunch of songs, when only a handful of them don't completely suck.Microsoft also has done their fair share. Most people on PCs use Windows. An OS should have better copyright protection. It's very easy to rip an MP3 off of a YouTube video. MP3s should be just as protected as Windows operating systems themselves to prevent such sharing. That's not exactly the consumer's fault. Someone left a hole wide open.[/citation]

he is talking about the experience not the money they make peanuts on record sales
2 bucks a cd is fine when you sell 15 million but that doesnt happen all the time
100,000 copies is a lot but the artist makes 200,000 the record company makes 1,100,000

 

[Guest]

i got tired of paying $12-$15 for crap cds with maybe one or two good songs on it.....and as comsumers we have no rights, if we arent satisfied with our purchase we are still stuck with it

 

[Guest]

'Music industry' is an oxymoron.

 

[Guest]

Because of iTunes I have purchased more music in the past few years than I have in the previous 20 years. Bon Jovi is rich jaded jerk-off who doesn't have a clue.

 

[Unperson]

Was the old "hard copy" method flawed? Yes. Were there also benefits to buying an LP or CD with unknown tracks? Definitely. I remember buying vinyl and rushing home to play it.

There would be a track or two that I was familiar with and the rest were a mystery. I would reject some of them the first time I listened to them but upon playing the album a few times through, I found myself reversing that opinion and ended up liking some of the tracks better than the ones that inspired the initial purchase.

Today we live in a "just buy the single" world (although some (myself included) still buy all of the tracks in a release) and there is definitely a loss in the experience from older mediums.

Still, I won't define one single method of releasing music as the best. I'm just glad I got to experience all of them.

 

[Guest]

The music industry was already on the ropes before Jobs cut the deals for I-tunes. The conglomeration of radio that was allowed by the FCC was the start. Local FM album station went away because Kiss FM and othe5rs were the same top 40 music in 100 markets. Without a local DJ who was into what the latest was there was no way to know what was hot except for the 50 repeated song that got through the music industry. Rap & hip hop took away actual musicianship and now you didn't have to actually play an instrument or actually carry a tune. The music industry pushed the whole gangster thing because it was cool. Other types of music just were not aired. Yeah we ripped MP to make it portable with Napster and Lime Wire but, they came down on grandmas and college students. Their audience was shrinking because people just got fed up with what the industry was peddling. Jobs comes along and cuts his deal and they all jumped on it because their revenues were sinking. Then they realized what he had done. They were making 99 cents per song and he was making $250 per Ipod and getting a percentage of the downloads. Good rock is still out there you just have to trace it online. Now you can sample the song and get stuff you never thought was available. It probably just won't be Bon Jovi.