DIY Musician Podcast #119 Roundtable - Are Your Fans Stealing Your Music?

#119 Roundtable – Are Your Fans Stealing Your Music?

July 9th, 2012

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Are They Fans or Music Theives? Well it’s been debated all over the internet in recent weeks. An intern at NPR, Emily White, sparked a huge controversy in the music blogging world, when she admitted to not paying for all the music she owned.

We’ll explore both sides of the controversy and throw our thoughts into the ring. Plus, we’ve got the latest music news and more.

Check out the DIY Musician article mentioned in our podcast here

And for those who thought we’d thrown in our hats, we’ve just had a little less time to devote to new podcast episodes, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still fighting the good fight for independent musicians everywhere. Thanks for sticking with us!

http://twitter.com/Ronnie Marler

Todays podcast covers ground we’re all familliar with. And as musicians we
have heard these arguments time and time again.

That said. I love this podcast. Feel free to recover topics, revisit guests,
just keep them coming guys
http://twitter.com/Ronnie Marler

Oh and to answer your tag line…. Yes
http://blog.hostbaby.com/ Chris B at CD Baby

I know, 4 months was too long. We deserve a kick in the pants.
Shannonsongs

Thanks to the transparency of the CD Baby account dashboard, we can all see how little income we’re receiving from streaming services. I met with a Spotify artist service rep over the weekend, and he said that we should be using Spotify as a promotional tool and treat the income we get from the service as “found money”. He said that most people between 10-25 yrs old have NEVER paid for music. The sad reality is that if you’re older than 25 you place more value on music. Those younger than that have never known a pre-Napster world.
I am trying to embrace the digital services, and while I agree that it’s amazing to have the convenience of Spotify, it makes me incredibly sad. I wish they would significantly increase the streaming rates.
Anonymous

Most musicians I know are not making money these days and I fear it just escalates the financial divisions that exist in our culture and society already. “Kids” whose families who “have money” will have the financial freedom to make music (just as it’s always been, along with painting, filmmaking, acting, etc.) and people whose families do not have money will have to have a “real job” and not have the freedom to make music, or hope of making money from making music. I’m not interested in only hearing music from trust fund kids.
http://twitter.com/misterbilly Mr. Billy

Will there be any new episodes this year?
http://members.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby

Kevin says yes

The Bolt
http://www.soundcloud.com/fireflypearl Babs Fraser

I make the money I only to give it back – so no I don’t think of it as my fans are stealing my music I think of it as a learning curve and confidence booster for when the real money comes pouring in xxxxxxxx
Grace Testani

How about when a member of your band posts your videotaped gig at Birdland on Youtube and facebook as if it was THEIR gig and uses your cd music that they played on in another video – again, as if it was theirs? No credits, no permission. What can you do?

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