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"Interesting graphic, which somewhat fits the experience of the small indie label I work for, with the exception of vinyl sales, which are still a lot bigger than digital downloads. It would be interesting to get statistics for the whole world, as I believe figures would be slightly different if they were taking Europe into account (less digital sales, more vinyl, I suppose)." - Ad Noiseam

"Interesting graphic, which somewhat fits the experience of the small indie label I work for, with the exception of vinyl sales, which are still a lot bigger than digital downloads. It would be interesting to get statistics for the whole world, as I believe figures would be slightly different if they were taking Europe into account (less digital sales, more vinyl, I suppose)." - Ad Noiseam

"http://www.youtube.com/watch..." - Ad Noiseam

"Article title "Many injured in German motorway crash" and below: "see also: 'Nazi' gnome art investigated" The BBC definitely knows its Germany. (comment sent from an undisclosed underground location in Berlin)" - Ad Noiseam

"Article title "Many injured in German motorway crash" and below: "see also: 'Nazi' gnome art investigated" The BBC definitely knows its Germany. (comment sent from an undisclosed underground location in Berlin)" - Ad Noiseam

Yes, Adium works very well - Ad Noiseam

"It's pretty bad from CBS (not form Last.fm) if this really happened. On the other hand, Techcrunch isn't really the most trustworthy source around. Anyway, I still support Last.fm. Compared to other comparables services (such as Blip & co), they are extremely often and supportive of small indie labels and artists. I've met some people working there, and they were both nice and musically literate." - Ad Noiseam

"It's pretty bad from CBS (not form Last.fm) if this really happened. On the other hand, Techcrunch isn't really the most trustworthy source around. Anyway, I still support Last.fm. Compared to other comparables services (such as Blip & co), they are extremely often and supportive of small indie labels and artists. I've met some people working there, and they were both nice and musically literate." - Ad Noiseam

"The 8 or 9 Euro price for a vinyl 12" (incl. VAT) is a pretty reasonnable one. It doesn't make me rich, but allosws me to pay for the manufacturing, pay the graphic artists who did the artwork, and give a couple Euros per copies to the artist. Anyway, 2.50 € is not much to people in Russia. I was in Moscow (where much of the russian scene relevant to the kind of music I release is), and most people had the gig were not poor at all, by any standards." - Ad Noiseam

"The 8 or 9 Euro price for a vinyl 12" (incl. VAT) is a pretty reasonnable one. It doesn't make me rich, but allosws me to pay for the manufacturing, pay the graphic artists who did the artwork, and give a couple Euros per copies to the artist. Anyway, 2.50 € is not much to people in Russia. I was in Moscow (where much of the russian scene relevant to the kind of music I release is), and most people had the gig were not poor at all, by any standards." - Ad Noiseam

"That's more or less the regular deal outside of the Britney Spears / Metallica galaxy. Get your head out of MTV." - Ad Noiseam

"That's more or less the regular deal outside of the Britney Spears / Metallica galaxy. Get your head out of MTV." - Ad Noiseam

"You know, most music released today in some genres doesn't come from a major label. If you listen to anything electronic, or weird kind of metal, or, generally speaking, anything outside of the MTV world, the labels and the artists are in the same boat. Small labels *do* pay their artists." - Ad Noiseam

"You know, most music released today in some genres doesn't come from a major label. If you listen to anything electronic, or weird kind of metal, or, generally speaking, anything outside of the MTV world, the labels and the artists are in the same boat. Small labels *do* pay their artists." - Ad Noiseam

"I run a small music label. Nothing related to EMI, rather the kind that works 24/7 to promote artists and gigs, pay the musician, and have nothing to do with major labels, the RIAA or whatever. I can speak only from my own experience and data: the sales of music on my label (all format put together: CD, vinyl and digital) seem to be inversely proportional to the amount of illegal downloads. Assuming that most piracy takes place in eastern Europe and China (that's the countries where the blogs linking to torrents come from), the most a release is pirated, the less it sells. The artists on my label sell more music (and play more gigs) in the countries where piracy seem less prevalent. I was at a gig last year in Russia, where people told me that they were pirating tracks of vinyl EPs because the 8 or 9 Euro price mark was too high for these people. Shortly after that, I made the same releases available (legally) online for 2.50 Euro and went to russian blogs to ask people to support the..." - Ad Noiseam

"I run a small music label. Nothing related to EMI, rather the kind that works 24/7 to promote artists and gigs, pay the musician, and have nothing to do with major labels, the RIAA or whatever. I can speak only from my own experience and data: the sales of music on my label (all format put together: CD, vinyl and digital) seem to be inversely proportional to the amount of illegal... more... - Ad Noiseam