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1. Comment - RIAA Sues 754 More File Swappers

   (Sep 2, 2005 - 3:14 PM)

   Who said I was pirating? We ALL own the albums - but just a few of us own the equipment to transfer the albums onto CD. Therefore, the owners of the albums ARE entitled to be able to play that music on their CD players as well as their turntable. Guess how much I charged those fans who already own their vinyl copies for their CD copy? Zilch. Nor do I post the music on Kazaa, Limewire or any of those other P2P programs. I love the music - greedy execs do not. They'll bob their heads to any crap that "cha-chings" them $18 a pop per CD.
   
   And also guess what? Pre-campaign, Motown knew this because I TOLD them what was going on, right in front of their faces on the currently-down official Motown Chat Board. Brave little b****, aren't I? LOL But it got their asses in gear, didn't it? They somehow got the $ when those old vinyl LPs sold in the 70's, so now they want the $ to sell us the CD's. Why did it take so long? I'm not some aging hippie who still owns their old records, I'm a music fan in his 20's who has an eye for REAL music. I may be in the record execs target audience, but I ain't paying for crap! It's a successful campaign, I'm passionate about GOOD music, and we are getting what we FINALLY have been begging for, for years. A happy ending, and EVERYONE is satisfied.
   
   Oh, and those people at Motown who I told about the vinyl-to-cd transfers - we're on good terms now. Motown even allows me to promote the campaign when the board is up and working!
   
   After these albums are out, we're going to do the same for another classic artist whose albums on vinyl are long overdue to be on CD. Freda Payne, her ABC label years, anyone?
   
   I'm not the idiot, nor am I a pirate. I'm the foot up Motown/Universal's a**. What are you doing to keep music alive, other than playing "better than you; b****, b****, b****" to music consumers? Take a look in the mirror...idiot.
   
   So you keep your yapping, because I'm not reading any more of your replies. I just stumbled upon this website and was curious of what kind of feedback I would get (I knew YOU would reply, you "know it all" LOL). Now I'm done with this subject. I'm right, you're retarded. Anyone who agrees with any of my posts (or music interests) are welcomed to email me, if that's possible on this website. Except Phoenix - it'll be sh*t-canned in the garbage.

2. Comment - RIAA Sues 754 More File Swappers

   (Sep 2, 2005 - 2:41 PM)

   If you're referring to MY comment, you're preaching to the wrong person. Thanks to my campaign that I started (which has several hundred members), two groups will be winners in the longrun: the fans get what we want (these long out of print albums, 10 of 15 never been on CD at any time), and the record label will be making plenty of $ (especially with the OVER-premium prices they are charging us, which we are VERY willing to pay to have these albums).
   
   I'm convinced this Phoenix guy is either with a major record label, or is paid by them to bark like a dog, even towards the paying customers and paying fans. You know what, f*ck you! If it wasn't for dedicated fans like our campaign, you wouldn't have a job. You ain't gonna be telling music consumers "buy what we make available, and that's that". 90% of available music is utter crap, isn't worth downloading or buying - but the GOOD STUFF can be found on vinyl record, which thankfully is for the most part used and the record labels won't make a dime off that, because they're too lazy to get with the times and release them on CD. Once people snap out of their infatuation with Britney, Justin and that retard Fiddy and rediscover "old school", which is where REAL music is at, they won't need to download or buy crap CD's anymore.
   
   To younger music fans, please give the following acts a try: The Supremes (60's and ESPECIALLY 70's), Freda Payne, Honey Cone, Glass House, Edna Wright, Laura Lee, Millie Jackson, Cass Elliot, 100 Proof Aged In Soul, The Three Degrees, Friends Of Distinction, Sharon Cash, and many more. You will also need to buy a turntable, but it's worth it. Not only will you strangle the lazy and greedy music execs, but you'll be getting better quality music. No vocoders, no lipsynching (can we say Ashlee?), real instruments, some of the best bass players in history, and more. If they're too lazy and cheap to make this stuff available for a younger generation, do it yourself. It's also cheaper than buying these overhyped overpriced CD's by no-talents.
   
   People like Phoenix only wants people like Britney and Snoop to be recognized as "music", and would rather see REAL music dead. Stop supporting and downloading crap music, invest in REAL music, and that's what kills people like him. Webster's was thinking of people like this person when they added "n*gger" to their dictionary. Pure stupidity and pure disregard to people who were the pioneers of what people call "music" today.

3. Comment - RIAA Sues 754 More File Swappers

   (Sep 2, 2005 - 2:05 AM)

   One thing I always find silly about the RIAA suing is many songs that are in circulation are recorded from vinyl, 8 track or other sources that are non-compact disc and have never been released on cd.
   
   For instance, I'm into the Supremes 1970's (post-Diana Ross) featuring Jean Terrell and Scherrie Payne as lead singers. In the late 80's, early 90's, 5 of the 15 1970's albums (3 of these were solo albums) was released on cd but quickly went out-of-print. Now we have a new generation of fans, with none of the albums in print. Thanks to technology, some of us have recorded these albums from vinyl onto cd and shared amongst ourselves - and some guys with Motown knew this. After begging them repeatedly (and bombarding them with emails), we stepped up and started a big campaign to have all the albums reissued on cd, or else we would continue sharing amongst ourselves. Last October, the sole live album was released as limited edition (it was only released in Japan in 1973), and sometime between this fall and winter, allegedly ALL of the albums will be released (in 2 different volumes on different release dates, limited edition).
   
   I think it's silly to be a fan of a certain group, absolutely NONE of the albums are available to buy anywhere in any format, yet the record labels would want to sue you for sharing what they won't make available - when the fans are waving their money at you. I know it takes some time, effort and resources to make the albums available, but g** d***! Why do labels waste their time releasing different versions of a recent cd by one of "today's" artists (regular edition, special edition, deluxe edition, new edition with bonus remix disc, etc), when there's plenty of classic music plenty of fans are willing to buy? They need to get off their asses and expand their in-print cd catalogues. We almost literally had to kick them in the a** and drive them absolutely insane to get what we want LOL. Make some music available that you were quick to pull off the shelves at one time (just because it wasn't selling as expected), and maybe the labels would be making some money. I'm not sorry to say this, because quite frankly, the selection of in-print music is scarce. Not all of us are interested in buying Britney, Missy, Justin, Ashlee and all that other crap. If record labels made a majority of their catalogue available again, they wouldn't be whining about losing money as much. You need to SPEND money to make money. Not put out minimal effort and expect maximum profits. That's just plain retarded, and it deprives younger generations of REAL music that they refuse to make available. Sorry for my rant - I DO pay for my music LOL - and I like to buy music that's worth listening to.