Comments on: Apple iTunes Hits 5 Billion Downloads, But Kid Rock Doesn’t Like That

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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:04:23 +0000

[...] labels make from online music sales. This past summer, fellow Detroit native artist Kid Rock decided to have his music removed from iTunes because the record labels were already taking away too much money even after iTunes [...]

By: Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes Store flies past 5 billion downloads | goldmoneynews.com

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:30:43 +0000

[...] industry, some artists are not as happy about iTunes’ share of music sales and distribution. According to Pulse 2.0, Kid Rock has decided to “completely boycott iTunes” because it is an “old [...]

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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:31 +0000

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:46:43 +0000

Rock *disagreed*, Steve. You missed the sarcasm.

By: Amit Chowdhry

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:41:07 +0000

Good point, Steve. But to Rock’s point, Radiohead is an excellent example of good things that can happen when you cut out the middle man.

“Radiohead, which offered its latest album as free downloads last week, has seen 1.2 million downloads of ‘In Rainbows.’ With no label, no promotions, and direct access to fans, Radiohead gave up its music for free and asked for donations, whatever fans deemed reasonable, in return. What the band got was an average of $8 per album sold, bringing estimates of profit to about $10 million. Not too shabby for one week. The number of albums sold in the past week exceeded the launch week sales of its three previous albums combined.”
-Mashable
http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/radiohead-album-sales/

By: Howard C

Howard C — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19:09 +0000

Anyone taking advice from Kid Rock needs to have his head examined. Since when did rockstar wannabes’ become the spokesperson for all musicians?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:17:40 +0000

What an idiot.
If he didn’t have so much money, if he was struggling to pay bills, he’d be pretty upset if folks stopped paying him for his music.

This is the problem with America today, we are popularizing the idea that it’s bad to have money and okay to take from those who are successful.