Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Forum

I am interested a pre-sale purchase of a re-press of Shadows.  
My 2nd choice would be pressed disc and inserts and I supply the jewel case.
I have to interest in a download.  If so, I would just use iTunes.

Still in.

One of my best cars ever was a Buick Century.
\'87, I think.
Felt like it had a rocket in the engine.

I\'ll give it a try.

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Well, obviously because the artist received money for it at one point in time. If it\'s a "used" CD, common sense dictates that it was purchased "new" somewhere along the line. The artist received their cut then, as opposed to never when you illegally download.

There is zero comparison between buying a used CD and illegally downloading music.

Didn\'t someone originally buy the cd to make it available to download?  I can\'t imagine EVERY single download option came from a singular source.

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I really don\'t see why some people get so upset by this. In my opinion these people who upload the music are doing it for bragging rites and the peple who download the torrented BH albums would not be buying them anyway, they just like to say "I have 100,000 artists on my ipod, how many do you have?" Most would never buy his albums so BH really doesn\'t lose any money, but he is gaining exposure. Also it may work in reverse - a few may say "whoa, I want the physical album" in which case BH actually will make money off them.

To fight it, Buck and Travis would have to expend lots of time energy and money - and there is no guarantee that would help prevent this from continuing to happen. And what a drain, it would absolutely take away from the music making process. What we can do as fans is communicate in a civil fashion that what they are doing is disrespectful to the artist and if they are going to continue uploading albums they should also make available donation information to help compensate the artist for his work, education goes a long way.

Then you get the people who buy the current cds, burn them and resell them. Not to mention all the counterfeit t-shirts, photos, mouse pads, watches, banners and the like. Those may actually be taking more dollars away from Buck and Travis than anything else.

But this is coming from a music fan, not someone in the music industry, Travis has talked about this issue in the past and to my recollection he said there is no viable solution at the present time to combat it.

I\'ve always wondered how purchasing CDs from eBay is any different than illegally downloading them.  No artist gets any money from an eBay transaction either.  Why is it legal to buy music from eBay, but not to download it off the internet? (I don\'t download, but I do eBay).

And why only chickens and no slunks in the CD\'s artwork?

QuoteThis is not a TDRSmusic release. Like other CD\'s released by other labels the release strategy is completely up to them and I don\'t want to speak to or speculate on it unless I\'m told otherwise. As always, if I have information I can release, I will here.

Travis, please, if you have any influence, no more CD sleeves. I\'ll pay the extra 5 bucks for a jewel case.
Pretty please?

Based on the albums they are discussing in the interview, this article is over 10 years old.