As far as the wave of the future? Yeah OK so the future includes condoning theft because one can. :sigh:
Burning a copy of an album a person bought for a friend is different than uploading it to a site. It is a one on one transaction and not a one on thousands.
The point being the band loses say $2 on the former but $2000+ w/ the latter. Still not right but it is more personal and one is more likely to gain fans that way rather than from a site where people just download shit in droves just because it\'s there and most likely only give most of it a cursory listen.
As a full-time worker with a disposable income, its probably easy to frown upon file sharing or "theft" -- however, most people who have oink *dont* and *wont* buy albums, so they will never get the opportunity to hear the breakfast studio recordings. you can\'t necessarily walk into a music store anywhere in the country and pick up a breakfast album.... the truth of the matter is that the target audience that will help the band grow is young, poor, computer-savvy youths who have a tool like oink and use it, exclusively. if they can download the album, they will... if they only can buy it, they *wont*.... at this stage in the game, even a cursory listen is better than none...
i guess i also have an issue with your math... you\'re assuming that the band is moving *thousands* of their albums.... since they don\'t even sell Bona Fide or their self-titled album, your calculations are undisputedly false....
If you are as much of a fan as I take you to be, you will respect thier wishes and would find another way to keep your ratio up than screwing over a band you\'re friends with.
it is because i\'m a fan and have the upmost respect for them that i want to see them succeed... since they dont get radio play, and don\'t sell albums in stores, word of mouth is their lifeline at this stage in the game.... (see above for math)
and who said *anything* about ratios? and aren\'t you against file sharing? if you use oink, what gives you the right to criticize me?
