I’ve got to be honest here, things like this really get to me. It’s like suddenly, BuckCherry is the only band who leaks their shit- newsflash: most bands/labels leak stuff. Not only that, but what band in their right mind wouldn’t publicly deny having leaked a record? People forget that the music industry is a shady business full of liars and creeps. Everything is motivated by money and sales. A band is a brand, an image, a reputation. BuckCherry, and any band who wants success, wants their fans to think they’re upstanding citizens and untainted by the music industry. I don’t blame them. They’re doing what they have to do to make a buck in the industry that’s falling apart faster than Tom Cruise’s career.
I just wish people would take a second to realize that the music industry, which includes both labels and bands, is all one big marketing scheme. That’s the way it is… so don’t go after one band when hundreds are guilty. Oh- and Buckcherry had a top ten single within the past couple of months.
”carmenmariah in response to Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates (via artistspaid)
This makes my heart hurt. Another example of someone mixing up the music business with the record business. Not everyone who deals in either is a skeezy slimeball.
See Bob Letsetz, Ian C. Rogers, Ethan Kaplan, Ryan Catbird for the most public examples of music business people who don’t fit into the offending quote at all. They all care deepy about the artists they work with and about music as a whole.
