Sunday 22 December 2013

An interesting bit i found online....

*Le sigh* the good old music debate... i stand on both sides too... maybe not so much with this one though....

This blog post is in relation to....

The musician Whitey responds to a TV company asking to use his music for free. - Imgur

Now there is 2 very clear side's to this debate... let me explain both from a personal point of view.

Side A)

- The music should be free.

Some people will say that the music should be available for free, for use online or in a bar at an event. This would help whichever artist to be heard by more people and of course, would help them sell more copies of said song.

Side B)

- The music should be paid for to be used.

Other people will agree with the artist in saying, he should be paid for his work if its going to be used. It isn't uncommon for companies or dj's to have to pay a little extra, to play certain song's and this money helps to keep artists making money, after all, it is their income.

Now, where do i stand?

Kind of in the middle with this one. On one hand, yes the artist would recieve some promotion for his work and hopefully it would have given him a new level to promote his music. However, as he has said himself, this is what he does to make a living, this is his income. We really can't do it both ways.

Me personally, if it was going to promote my music, i would have agree'd that they could have used it, even though granted, this company can easily afford to pay him, they don't want to. I'm also unaware of how many times this company has tried to use his music, but to me, it does seem abit harsh to send such a reply, to someone who's only doing their job, i'm sure a simple "no" would have been enough.

But where do you stand on this?

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