DEAD: Lorde - Pure Heroine MP3 album Amazon $1.99

[angminas]

http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Heroine-L...t_mus_dp_dpt_1

Gratz to everyone who got one.

 

[EliteRetard]

Not the extended version, but worth it for two bucks.

Wonder how much actually goes to the artists...
Somebody needs to start a humble like donation site for music.
Make sure the artists get a large portion of the proceeds while giving us a reduced rate.
Cut out a bunch of the scamming middlemen.

I'd set it up in tiers, anything under $1 is like 128kbps MP3 one time download, under $2 is like 256kbps and adds to an account for repeat download. Above $2 would allow 320kbps or FLAC (and other?) and added to an account. If they reach a certain total goal or if you donate $5+ it could unlock specials/extended editions etc.

Even at $5 for an extended edition album, with 90% going to the artists I bet they'd make more on each sale, and would likely sell more to boot. For older albums there could be bundles or something. Would donations be tax free?

Can artists even donate their music, or are they totally owned by the evil music corp?

 

[compcons]

There are actually a few $1.99 albums that I picked up. I am sure there are more and this is probably a daily occurrence. I grabbed Mumford and Sons Babel and an Amy Winehouse album for $1.99 each.

Now if Amazon would only fix their stupid app to be able to store the music on the SD card, I'd be thrilled.

EH

 

[JBT]

In for one! thanks!

 

[pinktank]

Not the extended version, but worth it for two bucks.

Wonder how much actually goes to the artists...
Somebody needs to start a humble like donation site for music.
Make sure the artists get a large portion of the proceeds while giving us a reduced rate.
Cut out a bunch of the scamming middlemen.

I'd set it up in tiers, anything under $1 is like 128kbps MP3 one time download, under $2 is like 256kbps and adds to an account for repeat download. Above $2 would allow 320kbps or FLAC (and other?) and added to an account. If they reach a certain total goal or if you donate $5+ it could unlock specials/extended editions etc.

Even at $5 for an extended edition album, with 90% going to the artists I bet they'd make more on each sale, and would likely sell more to boot. For older albums there could be bundles or something. Would donations be tax free?

Can artists even donate their music, or are they totally owned by the evil music corp?

It's called bandcamp.com

 

[jacion]

Thanks, I'm in for one. Picked up Babel for 1.99 too.

 

[Childs]

I just bought that Royals song last week for $1.29...

 

[JBT]

In for Babel too! thanks guys!

 

[Homerboy]

I will leave this here:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/83836615/

 

[cytoSiN]

I will leave this here:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/83836615/

You had me going for about 10 seconds....then I remembered that I (unfortunately) saw this live, and that the vid is a (funny) fake. But riddle me this....wtf happened to her fingers?

 

[Corporate Thug]

dead?

 

[Denithor]

Dead.

 

[smackababy]

Not the extended version, but worth it for two bucks.

Wonder how much actually goes to the artists...
Somebody needs to start a humble like donation site for music.
Make sure the artists get a large portion of the proceeds while giving us a reduced rate.
Cut out a bunch of the scamming middlemen.

I'd set it up in tiers, anything under $1 is like 128kbps MP3 one time download, under $2 is like 256kbps and adds to an account for repeat download. Above $2 would allow 320kbps or FLAC (and other?) and added to an account. If they reach a certain total goal or if you donate $5+ it could unlock specials/extended editions etc.

Even at $5 for an extended edition album, with 90% going to the artists I bet they'd make more on each sale, and would likely sell more to boot. For older albums there could be bundles or something. Would donations be tax free?

Can artists even donate their music, or are they totally owned by the evil music corp?

Artists get notoriously little from record sales (I know Trent Reznor once stated that for a $21.99 album sale, he saw something like $1.37 per album, and when he asked why it cost so much the record company replied "because people will pay more for your albums than others."). But, most artists (especially new ones) get money in advance for things like recording studio time, sound engineers, producers, writers, production, advertising, distribution, etc that they would otherwise not have available to them. If you really believe someone like Lorde could put out an album herself and have it be of any decent quality, you are severely overestimating her abilities.

Record companies (and book publishers, game publishers, etc) exist because they are needed. They remove the risk from the artists and get most of the profits. Sadly, the industry seems to want to favor pushing that risk to the consumers with Kickstarter and other crowd funding stuff, which is incredibly bad IMO.


And apparently, Lorde isn't nearly as popular as Lady Gaga because when her album went on sale on Amazon for $0.99, it crashed their servers.