Garth Brooks

indeed, the truth might be out there… but i need to see it to believe it :p

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Furthermore, just do the math. $18.98 for a CD, or the $9.99 - $12.99, you see on iTunes/Zune????

the math is easy to account for: CDs = </font>

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<font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">online sales cut out the middleman, potentially. dunno if you've ever worked in retail, but mark-ups can easily account for that price difference. also, CD prices change & drop, whereas downloaded albums tend to come in at one price and stay there - no gounging while the album is hot, and no dumping when they need to move leftovers (you didn't mention that CDs end up in the dollar bin, making them cheaper than online)

I will always associate Garth Brooks with the episode of Beverly Hills 90210 (season 2) which featured "Friends in Low Places" and David Silver's friend killed himself while playing with his dad's gun.

the director fills in the foundation nicely on gb…. I remember hearing that gb was a marketing major with the stated goal of outselling the beatles, which accounts for some of limited boxset in order to pump up sales.

as far as artists making more money on digital… there was a story awhile back where cheap trick was suing their label because it was charging the band for the packing charges normally associated with cd production and marketing against download revenues. in other words still sticking it to the artist

Originally posted by Mobius:
I will always associate Garth Brooks with the episode of Beverly Hills 90210 (season 2) which featured "Friends in Low Places" and David Silver's friend killed himself while playing with his dad's gun.

Great episode. Scott was that kids name. I think "Knocking on heaven's door" was also in that episode, but I'm not 100% positive. I'll go with 75% positive.

That was also where Brandon started dating Emily which really pissed off Andrea, exposing her love for Brandon. Emily was hot. It's all coming back to me now.

Wow, and all this time I was lead to believe that people did not care so much for GB. As for ripping off the fans, well they all do it in the end. Thank bands like the Stars for releasing their new material early so that you can download it. Then when the cd is released, there will be some scheme to make you buy another. I am as big a fan of the mighty SP that you wil find but when they release multiple copies if the cd, with one bonus track as a ploy to make you buy another, that just sucks.
Next, what about the Police selling out to Best Buy. You need to be a member in order to purchase advanced tickets. If you did not sign on by such and such date then you can become a member of their fanclub for an additional $150 then purchase tickets.
You mention itunes, yes I can get my music digitally. What is the scheme there? Purchase the cd and maybe they will send you a password to purchase the tickets to a show earlier than the general public sale. In my experience, itunes is less than 50% with this strategy.

In the end, it is about the money but how much do they want it and how much do you want to spend?

Originally posted by martinrob:
Wow, and all this time I was lead to believe that people did not care so much for GB. As for ripping off the fans, well they all do it in the end. Thank bands like the Stars for releasing their new material early so that you can download it. Then when the cd is released, there will be some scheme to make you buy another. I am as big a fan of the mighty SP that you wil find but when they release multiple copies if the cd, with one bonus track as a ploy to make you buy another, that just sucks.
Next, what about the Police selling out to Best Buy. You need to be a member in order to purchase advanced tickets. If you did not sign on by such and such date then you can become a member of their fanclub for an additional $150 then purchase tickets.
You mention itunes, yes I can get my music digitally. What is the scheme there? Purchase the cd and maybe they will send you a password to purchase the tickets to a show earlier than the general public sale. In my experience, itunes is less than 50% with this strategy.

In the end, it is about the money but how much do they want it and how much do you want to spend?

i have absolutely no idea what your point is.