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Re:RIAA Insists That, Really, The Music Industry Is Collapsing by billpg on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @01:37PM (#3617524)
"Don't worry about sales. Make your money by touring."

If I were a musician, I'd be the studio based type. (Mike Oldfield, et al.) Re-taking and re-mixing until the recording is just right.

For someone like that hypothetical me, going on tour would be to expect people to pay to watch a substandard live performance or to watch me mime to a recording. I'd find both rather dishonest.

Its a good job I'm a software engineer. My customers expect me to test my work before delivery.

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Re:RIAA Insists That, Really, The Music Industry Is Collapsing by xp84 on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @02:42PM (#3617766)
Couldn't hypothetical you just do a really polished tour? I mean, take electronic music for instance. Their performances are them moving sliders around and stuff, on things they've already spent a LOT of time creating and mixing.
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