Comments on: To a Mother Concerned About File-Sharing http://www.russsargeant.co.uk/?p=327 Bassist & Multi-Instrumentalist Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Carol @SheLives http://www.russsargeant.co.uk/?p=327&cpage=1#comment-4 Carol @SheLives Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:24:49 +0000 http://www.russsargeant.co.uk/?p=327#comment-4 My thought on kids and music sharing/stealing is that it does take a village. Parents should not only educate, but give their kids some music purchasing power. We give ours an iTunes allowance that they budget the way they do their monetary allowance. They can even save up for more expensive purchases like a favorite movie download. The free distribution (usually limited time deals) that some artists allow (eg. via Starbucks Song of the Week), encourages my youngsters to at least give a listen to artists to whom they might not otherwise be exposed. That's how the village helps. I went to a little concert by a local teen band recently. They were charging $10 for their demo. It had 3 songs on it. Too bad. Needless to say, they didn't sell much. (Their merch was overpriced, too.) Artists have to be realistic if they want to compete. My thought on kids and music sharing/stealing is that it does take a village. Parents should not only educate, but give their kids some music purchasing power. We give ours an iTunes allowance that they budget the way they do their monetary allowance. They can even save up for more expensive purchases like a favorite movie download.

The free distribution (usually limited time deals) that some artists allow (eg. via Starbucks Song of the Week), encourages my youngsters to at least give a listen to artists to whom they might not otherwise be exposed. That’s how the village helps.

I went to a little concert by a local teen band recently. They were charging $10 for their demo. It had 3 songs on it. Too bad. Needless to say, they didn’t sell much. (Their merch was overpriced, too.) Artists have to be realistic if they want to compete.

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