10 June 2007

Why are people stupid?

I hate more than anything to get on iTunes and see people complaining that a soundtrack is "album only." It happens with every soundtrack. Either the whole thing is album only or the songs that can only be found on the soundtrack are album only. It has nothing to do with iTunes. This is how movie studios make money off soundtracks. The studios putting out these soundtracks aren't interested in selling individual tracks. People act like iTunes has the greatest power of all the music industry entities. People don't understand when iTunes doesn't have a certain band. Do you think the people at Apple don't want Radiohead on iTunes? Do you think they don't want The Beatles on iTunes? People are just plain ignorant sometimes. Apple would love to sell you individual tracks. iTunes would love to have two of the world's greatest bands. People should understand that--like most things in this country--the music industry is run by corporations. As much as iTunes (and the internet as a whole) is changing the way the game is played, the RIAA and the 4 big corporate labels still have a lot of power.

2 comments:

Crosby said...

Yeah, I can understand people though. I hate when things are album only too.

Stu said...

So Miller, I like it how you go on these passionate ramblings regarding funny little quirks of the public at large. It's my favorite....

Oh, and link me to your blog when you get the chance. Beer soon?