That goes straight to the heart of things HRMG. I always buy my music. The new generation coming up wants it all for free. Not all of them, but most, and they can get their hands on just about anything.
The new bands coming up have to starve to death, charge more for their shows in hopes to recoop some money.
Like I told my daughter, I know the cost of living has gone up and all but concerts used to be cheep to attend. Festival seating, you pick the view you want. Good times.
Now all concerts are expensive! The mechandise is not cheep either. All this heavy increase is due largely to the fact bands don't make money off records anymore, only tours.
At the same time, I have to place some blame with the record companies. When they were the only game in town they really raised the prices in the 80's, then 90's with the CD going mass market, and never stopped until their own technology turned around and bit them in the ass. Now the whole industry is at the mercy of a whole generation of kids who don't want to pay for music. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:51:37 PM)
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
I agree Hellrider! My almost 12 year old asked for various metal CD's for Christmas and then he used his Christmas money to buy more! When his dad took him to see Drowning Pool, they did the meet and greet with them and my son got to go on their tour bus with them! He was in heaven and just took everything in. When Mark pulled out all their CD's for them to sign, he saw the reaction of the band and how much they appreciated the fact that we BOUGHT all their stuff. The ENTIRE band signed every single CD booklet AND the CD itself. He wants the CD's to look at the art and lyrics. He even gave his little brother the Painkiller CD for Christmas! So MY little metalheads will be keeping the metal faith alive and BUYING the music that they love
hellrider 31038 wrote:
i have been doing alot of thinking about this whole thing with the part of my brain that works and possibly its the MEEEETTTTTAAALLLLLLLLLL BEEEEETTTTRRRRAAAAYYYYEEEERRRRSSSSSSS that are killing it for us all.
any parents out there please educate your kids about this
soccer star wrote:
With Priest the Scorpions and maybe Iron Maiden ready to call it a day,is this another nail in the coffin for Trad Metal? who will be next to bow out of the world of Heavy Metal ... Sabbath ? Ozzy, AC/DC ? Metallica ?
all these bands have seen better days and none can top anything that they have done in the past so....are we soon to see to end of 'metal' as we know it??
This along with the Death of the 'Great' Ronnie James Dio leave's me worried for the future of our beloved style of music....
