Raz0r Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Overzealous fans can be an endless source of income for a successful band. Musicians and record labels alike are well aware of this and aren't above exploiting it at every opportunity that presents itself. Whether it's the doing of the actual artist or just corporate music shenanigans that are out of their hands, the fact remains, when the music industry decides to sink their teeth in, the ones who get bled are usually the most loyal supporters. Here are a few ways it happens ...http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-your-favorite-band-does-to-exploit-you/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Do yourself a favor: when you read Cracked look at the name of the article's author. If the name is Adam Tod Brown, skip the article because he's a fucking idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Deluxe Editions and Box Sets, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 None of those. In my case it would be charging a fortune for the tickets and doing just one concert in the country so the tickets will sell out anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I hate when bands do the extended digipack editions a short time after the original CD comes out. Either release the special edition at the same time as the regular edition, if the only 'special' thing about it is some extra tracks, or release it a year later with an entire CD's worth of stuff, a DVD, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I do hate "paid" fan-clubs, regardless of the amount (or lack-thereof) of goodies you get with it. U2's paid club you get a good amount of stuff throughout the year, and I fully believe you get your moneys worth. Same with Metallica's, but I still don't believe in paid clubs at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Multiple album covers (e.g. Contraband) are a bit of a con, creaming extra money of the crazy hardcores who insist on having the set.The special editions are also a bit of a swizz. You buy an album on the release date, only to find, six months later, a special edition is being released of that same record with 3 extra tracks! You somehow feel that you have a, disabled, version of the album and desire these extra tracks yet that entails putting your hand in your pocket again.I hate it when bands release archive boxsets but insist on including the well known studio material in the boxset also (e.g. Kiss and The Doors). Surely If a fan is willing to pay £40 for a boxset of shitty demos, the chances are he will already own all of the regular albums beforehand?Endless greatest hits albums - Led Zeppelin and Queen must have released about five each in merely the last ten or so years.Re-masters. Sometimes it is needed, but, sometimes it is not and it is merely cashing in. Sometimes the second batch of remasters actually sound worse than the first batch (case in point, The Stones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Deluxe editions, GH with one new song, re-release with demos, boxsets of all the albums you already have, herrendus remix albums. Some of us want to be exploited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 NothingNothingNothingNothingNothingThey're probably trying not to get screwed themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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