They must be getting a mighty big check. And a bunch of TV promotion.<\/p>\n
Is there a shortage of AC\/DC music online? Are people waiting with bated breath for the band’s material to show up on iTunes? Is it like the unavailability of the Dave Clark 5 in the CD era?<\/p>\n
No. You can easily find each and every AC\/DC track you want P2P. It’s simple. Like it is with any legendary band.<\/p>\n
And I don’t know if I should tell you this, but YOU DON’T HAVE TO STEAL THEM AS AN ALBUM! You can take just the tracks you want. A few, or all.<\/p>\n
And what’s so bad about people taking a few? Do you think everybody played these albums from start to finish once they got CD players? When they could easily program tracks using a remote?<\/p>\n
God, the music business is like the Administration, living in a parallel universe that doesn’t reflect reality.<\/p>\n
As for buying via Verizon… Why in the hell would I want to do that? And I’m ON Verizon. They charge too much. And even if they lowered the price, I can still get it for free.<\/p>\n
How fucked up is it that we’ve got an industry creating barriers when its success is based on BREAKING DOWN those barriers. AC\/DC’s music should be available everywhere people want to buy it, in any way they want to. God, you can even customize cars more.<\/p>\n
Then again, the auto manufacturers are smart. They sell BUCKETS of options. You want the heated seats, you’ve got to buy a cold weather package, with heated windshield wipers. Want bigger wheels, you’ve got to get the sport package, which includes other performance-enhancing options. And, this grouping, it makes the price LOWER than it would be if you purchased the options individually.<\/p>\n
Where’s the online enticement? The DRM? The same aliquot cost per track as the CD? Why should anybody buy online?<\/p>\n
Oh, that’s the dirty little secret of the music business. They don’t want people to buy online. They want them to buy CDs.<\/p>\n
Won’t you buy a CD? Send my kid, and his kids and their kids, to college? I’ve got a lifestyle I’m trying to keep up. You’re screwing with me by stealing the music. Tower Records went out of business and you have to drive further to a nonexistent outlet? That’s a small effort for a lifetime of entertainment.<\/p>\n
Well, AC\/DC is a lifetime of entertainment. But most of what the labels sell today is not.<\/p>\n
I don’t know who to blame here. The label, the manager or the band itself.<\/p>\n
The more people who own your music, the way they want to acquire it, the more people who want to see you live, at a higher price and buy merch.<\/p>\n
AC\/DC is part of the holy trinity. Along with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. These are the bands the teenagers want to see.<\/p>\n
And how did they find out about them? FILE-TRADING!<\/p>\n
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