Comments on: Radiohead to Music Execs: We’ll Let Our Fans Decide http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/ Has surprisingly little to do with music... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mari http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1876 Mari Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:52:43 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1876 @Joana That's the thing - being able to pay a reasonable price. Honestly, <em>good music</em> costs too much. Mari remembers reading something about how in Australia a band (forget which)'s CD cost way more than in the States or anywhere else. The labels really do price gauge, and that's just wrong. Honestly, not only does it hurt sales, it hurts the fans. And the fans are not the people you want to be hurting. @Joana

That’s the thing - being able to pay a reasonable price. Honestly, good music costs too much. Mari remembers reading something about how in Australia a band (forget which)’s CD cost way more than in the States or anywhere else. The labels really do price gauge, and that’s just wrong. Honestly, not only does it hurt sales, it hurts the fans. And the fans are not the people you want to be hurting.

]]> By: Mari http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1875 Mari Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:40:28 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1875 @Evie HOLY CRAP! 14 pounds would be almost 30 bucks! Exactly. Fans who happen to be going through a rough spot can still get the new album. @Evie

HOLY CRAP! 14 pounds would be almost 30 bucks!

Exactly. Fans who happen to be going through a rough spot can still get the new album.

]]> By: Mari http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1874 Mari Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:20:55 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1874 @Kaisa Mari agrees. More artists should do this. People will <em>buy</em> things rather than steal them if they're given a chance to interact and decide their own price. @Kaisa

Mari agrees.

More artists should do this. People will buy things rather than steal them if they’re given a chance to interact and decide their own price.

]]> By: Joana http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1868 Joana Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:04:50 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1868 That's so cool! Of course you'll get some ridiculous prices, like $0.10 or something, but for the most part people can pay a reasonable price for a new album for once! That’s so cool! Of course you’ll get some ridiculous prices, like $0.10 or something, but for the most part people can pay a reasonable price for a new album for once!

]]> By: Evie http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1867 Evie Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:01:34 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1867 I think it's a great idea - it may well be a marketing ploy, but it'll work. Compared to the ridiculous prices they make you pay for CDs - up to £14 for a single disk in HMV - £7 is an absolute bargain! Plus, it's pretty cool being able to decide how much you want to pay. It means people that want the CD, but don't have much spare cash, can get it anyway. I think it’s a great idea - it may well be a marketing ploy, but it’ll work. Compared to the ridiculous prices they make you pay for CDs - up to £14 for a single disk in HMV - £7 is an absolute bargain!

Plus, it’s pretty cool being able to decide how much you want to pay. It means people that want the CD, but don’t have much spare cash, can get it anyway.

]]> By: Kaisa http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1866 Kaisa Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:07:03 +0000 http://misstuned.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-to-music-execs-well-let-our-fans-decide/#comment-1866 Indie-cool, definitely. But then again, I think everything Radiohead does is indie-cool anyway :P I shall pre-order it and pay, maybe 10 Euros, which is about the same amount you paid :) Actually, a Finnish reggae artist did a similar thing too. He published a few songs only as digital versions and it was up to the fans to decided how much they wanted to pay, or if they wanted to pay at all. Yeah and because I'm a cheapskate I paid 20 Cents for one song :P Indie-cool, definitely. But then again, I think everything Radiohead does is indie-cool anyway :P I shall pre-order it and pay, maybe 10 Euros, which is about the same amount you paid :)

Actually, a Finnish reggae artist did a similar thing too. He published a few songs only as digital versions and it was up to the fans to decided how much they wanted to pay, or if they wanted to pay at all. Yeah and because I’m a cheapskate I paid 20 Cents for one song :P

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