Comments on: V2 on We7 4U http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/ Music culture, strategy and thinking in the digital age Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/comment-page-1/#comment-815 mike Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:45:21 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/#comment-815 look, heres the deal i will never pay for music online. why? #1 i dont live in a america #2 dont have a credit card #3 getting music illegally is way too easier. so if you wanna crack down on illegal downloads, there aint no other way but we7. i recently downloaded about 15 songs from we7 and trust me the advertisement wasnt that bad and rather short, it didnt affect much. straight and simple- i rather we7 than pay look, heres the deal i will never pay for music online. why? #1 i dont live in a america #2 dont have a credit card #3 getting music illegally is way too easier. so if you wanna crack down on illegal downloads, there aint no other way but we7. i recently downloaded about 15 songs from we7 and trust me the advertisement wasnt that bad and rather short, it didnt affect much. straight and simple- i rather we7 than pay

]]> By: Matt @ Kurb NZ http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Matt @ Kurb NZ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:59:13 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/#comment-814 I think I've read too many blogs and found myself with Gerd in the "futurist" camp. Worrying about monetizing copies is way old school now. I'm more interested in worrying about Merlin, cheap and frquent videography and T-shirts, merch etc. I ended up following up a comment here and checking out Bruce from Songboost's blog. Reflected against my peer group he had a good point about the difference between 128 kbps and 320 kbps driving sales, but the moralising on music piracy was way out of touch. Gerd nailed it when he said something that criminalizes 90% of the audience is unworkable. No one in my peer group would consider paying for anything digitally - it's just too easy to steal - but will still happily pay nz$25 for two songs on vinyl. I think I’ve read too many blogs and found myself with Gerd in the “futurist” camp. Worrying about monetizing copies is way old school now. I’m more interested in worrying about Merlin, cheap and frquent videography and T-shirts, merch etc.

I ended up following up a comment here and checking out Bruce from Songboost’s blog. Reflected against my peer group he had a good point about the difference between 128 kbps and 320 kbps driving sales, but the moralising on music piracy was way out of touch. Gerd nailed it when he said something that criminalizes 90% of the audience is unworkable. No one in my peer group would consider paying for anything digitally – it’s just too easy to steal – but will still happily pay nz$25 for two songs on vinyl.

]]> By: George http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/comment-page-1/#comment-811 George Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:27:37 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/#comment-811 It now also makes a lot of sense why V2 release so much quality product! It now also makes a lot of sense why V2 release so much quality product!

]]> By: Darren Landrum http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Darren Landrum Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:43:57 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/#comment-812 I'm still not sure what to think about this. I know I personally would rather pay a buck for a high-quality file (that was also properly tagged) with no ads than to download a file with ads attached for free. That's just my personal reaction, though. I can't really comment on the market as a whole. I do like to see new ideas and experiments in the world of music distribution, though, and I wish them the best of luck. I’m still not sure what to think about this. I know I personally would rather pay a buck for a high-quality file (that was also properly tagged) with no ads than to download a file with ads attached for free. That’s just my personal reaction, though. I can’t really comment on the market as a whole. I do like to see new ideas and experiments in the world of music distribution, though, and I wish them the best of luck.

]]> By: Nick http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Nick Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:01:29 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2007/07/10/v2-on-we7-4u/#comment-813 Maybe Beth should read your "20 Things" e-book ;-) It took me WAY too long to find a link to music on the Blood Red Shoes site she linked too - not even an easily accessible MySpace link. Bad form! Eventually rummaged around, found grand total of 2 working MP3s & one 30 sec clip...Oops. Maybe Beth should read your “20 Things” e-book ;-) It took me WAY too long to find a link to music on the Blood Red Shoes site she linked too – not even an easily accessible MySpace link. Bad form!

Eventually rummaged around, found grand total of 2 working MP3s & one 30 sec clip…Oops.

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