Comments on: Hats off to Music Stores http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/ Peter Boyce of MADD Entertainment gives you a comical view of the serious business of entertainment in Barbados and the wider Caribbean. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1913 Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:02:32 +0000 http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1913 bajes says The good ole days are gone forever (and some of it wasn’t that good anyway) -------------------------------------------------------------------- i love that statement ! i agree also that pirating was around for some time now in 1990 i released a big song entitled "Father Harry" on 7 inch disc before i released it on cassette. within a short space of time somebody put it on a pirated cassette and had it selling all over the world. 1990 was also the year of the song entitled" Hold yuh bam bam" by Speedy and the song "Fete" by Richard X------------These three songs were the biggest songs that year i know of a now defunct record shop that used to openly tape music and sell the cassettes for 20 and 25 dollars-- this was 1979--(the year the first crop over calypso tent was opened)--- i think therefore that the pirating thing really accelerated with the introduction of the cassette because it also existed before the cassette when bootleg records were also produced but it was not that rampant. i usually walk around and sell my CDs in an effort to compete with the pirates especially the ones on the street because there is still a market out there among the mature individuals. however, how to compete against the downloading capabilities available to the computer savvy individual is something that must engage my personal attention to see how i can compete with that. bajes says

The good ole days are gone forever (and some of it wasn’t that good anyway)
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i love that statement !

i agree also that pirating was around for some time now

in 1990 i released a big song entitled “Father Harry” on 7 inch disc before i released it on cassette. within a short space of time somebody put it on a pirated cassette and had it selling all over the world. 1990 was also the year of the song entitled” Hold yuh bam bam” by Speedy and the song “Fete” by Richard X————These three songs were the biggest songs that year

i know of a now defunct record shop that used to openly tape music and sell the cassettes for 20 and 25 dollars– this was 1979–(the year the first crop over calypso tent was opened)—
i think therefore that the pirating thing really accelerated with the introduction of the cassette because it also existed before the cassette when bootleg records were also produced but it was not that rampant.

i usually walk around and sell my CDs in an effort to compete with the pirates especially the ones on the street because there is still a market out there among the mature individuals. however, how to compete against the downloading capabilities available to the computer savvy individual is something that must engage my personal attention to see how i can compete with that.

]]> By: BajeS http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1911 BajeS Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:12:33 +0000 http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1911 The cold hard facts are that technology is a doubled-edged sword that has changed the music business forever. Have you noticed how some major international artistes are giving away their music? In the same way that technology means ease, speed and cost reduction on the production side it also means that increasingly a new release is more of a promotional tool that enables the artiste to leverage other revenue streams such as touring, endorsements, ring tones etc. This is the new normal of the music biz. The good ole days are gone forever (and some of it wasn't that good anyway) lets embrace the opportunities of the future. And the future is global. The cold hard facts are that technology is a doubled-edged sword that has changed the music business forever. Have you noticed how some major international artistes are giving away their music? In the same way that technology means ease, speed and cost reduction on the production side it also means that increasingly a new release is more of a promotional tool that enables the artiste to leverage other revenue streams such as touring, endorsements, ring tones etc. This is the new normal of the music biz. The good ole days are gone forever (and some of it wasn’t that good anyway) lets embrace the opportunities of the future. And the future is global.

]]> By: jdid http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1906 jdid Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:38:41 +0000 http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1906 but referring to your rue rue experience back in de day a fella wud buy a lp, 45 or a cassette tape and guh home an tape um fa all he buddies. de pirating was still going on is juss it wasnt so widespread. but referring to your rue rue experience back in de day a fella wud buy a lp, 45 or a cassette tape and guh home an tape um fa all he buddies. de pirating was still going on is juss it wasnt so widespread.

]]> By: dude http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1903 dude Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:28:12 +0000 http://www.boycevoice.com/blog/2008/04/08/hats-off-to-music-stores/#comment-1903 i support them but i also wonder how persons not involved in the music creation stage can earn an equal amount the artists. a cd is sold to records stores between $20 and $25 and then they retail $45.. this huge markup policy needs addressing i support them but i also wonder how persons not involved in the music creation stage can earn an equal amount the artists. a cd is sold to records stores between $20 and $25 and then they retail $45.. this huge markup policy needs addressing

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