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Pirate Bay Promotion Attracts Over 5000 Artists 124


Pirate Bay Promotion Attracts Over 5000 Artists

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  • Re:Evolve or die (Score:5, Informative)

    by lorenlal (164133) on Thursday April 05, 2012 @07:31PM (#39592615)

    I am not a musician - But my understanding is that musicians and bands make most of their money by touring. If that is indeed the case, then advertising with TPB, getting exposure, and (hopefully) a large fan base actually ends up being a great investment. I'd expect that this is even more so for indies, since they really don't get the benefit of the distribution channels of big label artists.

    Plus, concert goers are pretty likely to buy the album. If they're actually good, chances are there are plenty of people who will go and support them by buying music on the various digital outlets too. The Pirate Bay could be doing a lot of good for these artists.

  • I submitted (Score:5, Informative)

    by jordan314 (1052648) on Thursday April 05, 2012 @07:34PM (#39592647)
    I'm one of the 5000 artists that submitted to this campaign. All of the music on my page can be downloaded for free. For artists like me who have only dozens of listeners, the exposure is worth any potential loss of income. []
  • Re:Evolve or die (Score:5, Informative)

    by Terrasque (796014) on Thursday April 05, 2012 @07:38PM (#39592679) Homepage Journal

    "We've decided to stop paying artists entirely, that is up to them."

    As far as I understand things, they're largely there already..

      * Courtney Love does the math []
      * The Problem With Music by Steve Albini []

  • Re:Evolve or die (Score:5, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 05, 2012 @08:09PM (#39592929)
    In fairness they make most of their money off of touring because the record companies with their various accounting practices and lop-sided contracts get all the profit from music sales. It doesn't have to be that way but yes independents giving away music build an audience is smart.
  • Re:Evolve or die (Score:0, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 06, 2012 @09:09AM (#39596457)

    Only the really big acts make significant PROFIT from touring. Mid-size and lower acts barely break even, and do it as a marketing tool.

    And yes, I manage a band (you may even have heard of them), and I DO know what I'm talking about.

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