Would you rather pay for a song that you could get for free? No. Who the hell is gonna pay for something they can get for free? I'm not talking illegal downloads and they didn't specify. But if an artist has a promotion where they're offering free downloads of their music or send you a copy of their free cd, why would someone not take advantage of the free and instead decide to purchase it? Doesn't make much sense to me.
LOL! your comment made me laugh, of course I do agree with it.. free or not free, hmmm... I'm going to choose FREE LOL
i dont mind paying for a song but i rether get it for free, cough limewire cough it was a short survey
cough lime wire sucks cough
try bit torrents, rapid shares, mega uploads, or even Google index searching.
But downloading is illegal so don't do it. lol.
You'll get more quality downloads and full albums most of the time.
UNLESS, you only want one little song... then I guess its okay, but I am one of those people who must have full albums.... Not saying that I do any of this of course hehe.
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I get it now. I thought the whole would you rather buy something you could get for free question was just a no brainer. Answer. Hell no! But then I read this yesterday.
Trent Reznor, Saul Williams release download stats
By Jon Zahlaway
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and hip-hop artist Saul Williams who recently released Williams' latest album as a digital download have a message for their fellow musicians: fans are far more likely to download music for free than to pay for it.
Duhh. lol : p
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In November, Reznor and Williams offered up Williams' "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust" which Reznor produced and gave fans the option to either download the album for free, or make a $5 contribution.
"Here's what I was thinking," Reznor wrote in a debriefing posted at his website. "... I thought if you offered the whole record free at reasonable quality--no strings attached--and offered a hassle-free way to show support that clearly goes straight to the artists who made it at an unquestionably low price, people would 'do the right thing.' I know, I know ... Well, now I DO know, and you will to."
According to Reznor's data, 154,449 fans had downloaded Williams' album as of Jan. 2; of that number, 28,322 (18.3%) chose to pay $5 for it.
"Is it good news that less than one in five [fans] feel it was worth $5?" Reznor continued. "I'm not sure what I was expecting, but that percentage ... seems disheartening.
"Add to that: we spent too much (correction, I spent too much) making the record utilizing an A-list team and studio ... an old publishing deal, sample clearance fees, paying to give the record away (bandwidth costs), and nobody's getting rich off this project."
Less disheartening, Reznor wrote, is the fact that the 154,449 downloads of Williams' album far surpasses the 33,897 copies Williams' previous album--a 2004, self-titled set--sold in the form of CDs.
"Saul's music is in more peoples' iPods than ever before and people are interested in him. He'll be touring throughout the year and we will continue to get the word out however we can.
"So if you're an artist looking to utilize this method of distribution, make of these figures what you will and hopefully this info is enlightening," Reznor said in closing.
Reznor's experiment follows a similar endeavor by Radiohead, who last year released its latest album online, and gave fans the choice to download it for free or pay a denomination of their own choosing. The group has not revealed the stats from that arrangement.
Well there you have it. I thought it was a stupid question on the survey but now I know why they asked it. My advice to people like Trent Reznor and Radiohead is that if you release the album for free, not too many people will pay for it. Live and learn. Hopefully they'll add some new fans who may pay for the concert tickets to see the artist or request their music on mtv or radio.
Would you rather pay for a song that you could get for free? No. Who the hell is gonna pay for something they can get for free? I'm not talking illegal downloads and they didn't specify. But if an artist has a promotion where they're offering free downloads of their music or send you a copy of their free cd, why would someone not take advantage of the free and instead decide to purchase it? Doesn't make much sense to me.
That's true I would definitely love for my favorite bands to give some music away for free but I think when they are asking that question it is probably more geared towards pirating.
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"Living is easy with eyes closed!"
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I don't buy any of my music. There was even a song, "Out of My World" that was ONLY available on iTunes.
Funny enough, almost NOBODY had it. It's by Diary of Dreams and on their new album, Nekrolog 43, and it is the one song just about no one has. There are no lyrics online(besides what I submitted to LyricWiki) and only a few sites have it, but you have to pay.
I just found a fan community, asked someone who had it for the song, he took off iTunes DRM, and gave it to me.
In your face, RIAA bitches. I'm not paying for ****.
LOL
it was a short survey
cough lime wire sucks cough 
