Linkin Park singer just can't make up his mind

[NavyIntel007]

Originally posted by yzedf
Linkin Park is a group of artists, true. But they write their own stuff.

For the last 30 yrs the music industry has moved away from singles and B sides. Many albums (Phish) are written to flow as one long piece. Songs out of order, or even just one or 2 played, don't make sense (in the opinion of the artist).

It is up to the artist to decide what they release for public consumption, and what format. Nobody told Picasso what to do or how to do it. It does not matter what you or I think. If they want to release all their songs on vinyl or 8 track only, then they can. Some bands still produce specials only available on vinyl (Pearl Jam for one) in very limited quantities.

Free market is about choice; choice of what to produce, sell, and buy. If you don't like it, tough.

Um... I don't know what planet you've been on for the last five years but who have been the big multi-platinum artists? brittney, nsync, JLo, Backstreet Boys... These are artists that THRIVE on singles. Hardly any albums are written as works of art. It's all about cash now. You're a little lost if you think bands like Phish are the rule.

 

[actripxl]

Don't think Linkin Park has a say in the matter, its a group that represents various artists. Also if you get the Meteora CD with the dvd you will see that all they use are Mac's for the production of their album.

 

[vollspacken]

Huh chester, you seem very smart... NOT!!!

what an idiot!

if you read his justification, you can't help, but shake your head...

I think their music sucks anyway, but I used to respect them as artists... not anymore! anyone this stupid does not deserve my respect. "let the fans decide...", yeah Chester, that's what they already do, and since you don't want to give them the opportunity to pay for the songs which they "decide" to like and download, they'll do that illegally...

stupid-stupid-stupid!!!

vSpacken

 

[Sabenth]

I just asking here whats peoples opnions of other artists none comercial artists. Artists that arnt signed to big labels myself included iam on an indpendent label in australia there dead keen on the idea of ITMS its a dream come true to them. You can have a global fan base without even leaving your country and it costs next to nothing to advertise. Publish and download. As it was mentioned in the artical below linkin park used mp3s on there site before there comercial sucsess. So it aint mp3s that put them off. Anyhows If the chance comes and the label gets on it fingers crossed i can get on it i dont mind selling my stuff for 99cents american or australian. hell you can sell it for 99euro 99p 99 yen so long as some one buys it lol....

Up to the artists more like up to the label and the artist in genral of course when your big in the music industry you can put your foot down and demand a better deal .... thats my 99cents worth already.

 

[Daveman Deluxe]

Personally, I think Linkin Park's whole notion of what they do is misguided.

First of all, I don't think it's a legitimate claim to say that an album can be a complete work of art and can't be segmented any further. Even the best bands only have three or four really awesome songs on an album.

Linkin Park is NOT Robert freaking Schumann. Good performers do not make great albums, good writers do not make great albums, good composers do. The art of composing good music is lost on most bands. Sting and Dave Mathews are the ONLY great composers left in big commercial music. If they want to tell me that their entire album was written to be an album and not a set of singles, I'll believe it because they can compose. Lots of people can write a great lyric and a nice chord chart and a beat to go with it. However, that's not truly composing. Dave Mathews is in a completely different league from Phish and Linkin Park and Britney Spears for that reason alone.

Second, LP seems to be forgetting that while they're there to make music, they also need to make a buck. I think services such as the iTMS are soon to be the only commercially viable method of music distribution. I would be OK with Apple allowing albums to be sold as albums instead of singles, except the labels would abuse that and produce a lot of albums that can't be sold as singles.

However, I do think it's up to Linkin Park to decide what it wants to do with music distribution. I think they're making a bad financial choice here, but that's their choice to make.

 

[rueyeet]

Originally posted by bitfactory
(i'm just quietly waiting for the Indies to come on board)

Yes indeedy. And then I shall run up my credit card even more, oh yes.

Kid Red's got it right: regardless of whether this "albums only" view is coming from the bands or their management, it's absolutely bogus. As the Apple Turns summed this up very well in their own inimitable fashion not too long ago:

Artistic Vision Strikes Again

'Nuff said.

 

[yzedf]

Originally posted by NavyIntel007
Um... I don't know what planet you've been on for the last five years but who have been the big multi-platinum artists? brittney, nsync, JLo, Backstreet Boys... These are artists that THRIVE on singles. Hardly any albums are written as works of art. It's all about cash now. You're a little lost if you think bands like Phish are the rule.

Multi-platinum artists make music for the lowest common denominator (currently teenage girls). The music industry is about cash? Really? You must be dumb to think I don't know that.

Phish was just an example. I could have just as easily said U2, REM, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Beethoven, Bach, whomever. Listen to any good album, regardless of genre. Listen to it from start to finish. Notice something. It's called flow. Today's crap (brittney etc) doesn't understand that. They are packaging 3 or 4 "hit singles" with 8-12 filler songs, add a few pictures with written lyrics, and selling it for $18.95 to any 13 year old girl that is paying attention. Sadly, brittney et al still fall under the category of "artist."

 

[couch potato]

Originally posted by vwcruisn
that guy is an idiot... ill just keep stealing his music... oh well

lol amen. ill just go pirate some linkin park right now because that guy doesnt seem to care

 

[curlio]

Originally posted by King Cobra

BTW: The author of that curlio article is a jackass. [/B]

At least have the guts to come to my own site and tell me that to my face. For the record, it's bitch, not jackass

My main point of the article is that he seems to contradict himself. At one point he says it's up to the fans, it's what the fans want. Then he says that they're not doing it because it's not a sure thing. Whether or not Launch misquoted Chester, I don't know. With launch (which is where I found the quotes from Chester), you never know.

 

[King Cobra]

>At least have the guts to come to my own site and tell me that to my face. (curlio)

See you at your site. Make sure there is a forums/comments section open for that LP article.

>For the record, it's bitch, not jackass

Given that the name "curlio" ends with the letter "o", it is traditional for that name to be associated with a male individual.

 

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by yzedf
Nobody told Picasso what to do or how to do it. It does not matter what you or I think.

picasso wasn't recognized untill he was 6 feet under. i think. anyway, what we think does count, because if they listen to us, that means they aren't writing to write, but they are writing to make everyone happy instead of just writing like they did for thier first album. that is why we have bands and artists who onbly have one good cd, and then fail to follow up with another.

also, i wouldn't mind buying whole albums on the iTMS, but it's one of the main things that every song is available by itself.