I'm usually just not a fan of illegal activities. I did my share of downloading the first six months I had a computer, but since then I haven't done any. Maybe I'm just too lazy or too computer illiterate to really do it but I don't do a lot of downloading and I've heard how it can affect artists negatively, not just monetarily. I know a lot of kids today think that "Oh, he's just being a rich rock star asshole," or something like that, but it affects us in different ways, you know. It affects them indirectly without them really knowing. For example, record companies, booking agents and people who book tours pay attention to record sales in certain cities and certain areas and book accordingly for touring. So it affects people in ways they don't even realize it is affecting them! I would tell people downloading my music that one person doing it may not affect anybody, but if it gets bigger and bigger and bigger it really will affect them! The worst case scenario is we could be routed around your town, meaning we won't be playing your town because it says that we haven't sold enough there to nook a concert! That is kind of extreme but it could happen!
Maybe instead of going after people who are downloading, they should go after the programs that you can download it from, you know, and the people who are creating those.
-One of the Hoobastanks, on File-sharing
I'll leave it to you guys to point out all of the holes in that "arguement".
are you still plotting your attack?
driven circus that this industry of "music" has become, so i hope your money makes you happy, little green pieces of paper are not what life is supposed to be about...
...and im spent.
goodnight.
At first I didn't realize that Ian was quoting what the Hoobastank dude said. I was just sitting there thinking "Dubbya' tee eff?" at Ian's incredible niceness/cornyness until I realized it was a quote.
sledg, if you will agree to bake my muffins, i will agree to be your valentine.
I post out of a highly viscous (no not vicious) type of love for all of you, and would be happy to give you a discounted copy of our music, just for being so great, if you will admit that i am right.
i have to fly out to milan to be with my supermodel girlfriend who lets me plug her poo shoot.
i am gone, to you, for forever.
cherish these moments we've shared, and hold hands more often with other people.
sledg we will meet again, in another dimension, where our collective sensual titilation will know no bound. until then lover...
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