greedy

Yeah, I know the artist doesn't get as much as what many assume. Yes, a successful artist becomes wealthy, but it's not solely on the music sales...also concert bookings, royalties on merchandise, possibly signing bonus', etc..

I don't know what he said regarding ITUNES, as I don't do ITUNES...unless you're talking about the video he did relating to stealing music, might as well steal everything else too, lol. I am familiar with his comments relating to wanting people to listen to an entire CD, of which much hard work goes into by the artists, producer's, musicians, & an entire crew in many aspects...rather than people listen to one hit off the CD, not giving the entire CD a listen, etc..

Like I said, it doesn't matter to me...I'm more than happy to pay for the music I benefit from in many ways. :)

How do you know Kid Rock himself is charging you a fee? Did you consider the possibility his record label is requesting the charge? Many fans simply do not comprehend how the music industry functions...automatically assume everything is controlled by the artist when that is not factual.

This is how it use to work in the music industry, I assume it still does...a recording artist typically only receives a percentage of their recorded music sales from the record company their recording contract is with. The percentage is negotiated between the artist & their record company prior to signing & legally binding contracts. The more successful an artist becomes, the more negotiating power they will acquire as to how much this percentage is. A new artist will receive the minimum percentage until they establish themselves as being profitable to the record company, and if proven to be profitable, the contracts can then be re-negotiated upon extension of the contract.

The record company is usually the one who determine's what is charged for the music, not the artist, although the artist may have the respectful right to offer input, but the final decision is usually that of the record company. The record company typically is responsible for all the expenses related to promoting and selling the music as well...and they own selling rights to the music. There can be pre-negotiated stipulations pertaining to the artist retaining some ownership rights, it varies. Bascially, that is what a recording contract is...the artist is selling the record company the rights to sell their music and profit from it...in return the artist is given royalities/percentages of the sales. The record company is Kid Rock's employer...not the other way around. :)

I'm very much against illegal downloading. If an artist creates great music that people love, he or she deserves to be compensated for it.It's a very simple concept.

I understand that times are tough and alot of people are struggling financially these days, but, what i find in my own personal expierence is that the people that are illegally downloading are not struggling financially at all. In fact, quite the contrary. Some of the people i know that are stealing music are the most financially stable of all. They drive fancy cars, and have beautiful shore homes.

You should check out Kid Rocks psa intitled "Steal Everything" It's on utube.

I shall call you Kevin Mullins, because there is another member here who is well known by the name of Kevin, and I surely wouldn't want the two of you confused, haha. So, Kevin Mullins...either you get it or you don't, and it appears no explanation will sway you to get it. I have been a loyal supporting fan of Kid Rock & TBT for a decade now, since first hearing DWAC in 2000. Kid Rock & TBT's music is so deeply embedded in my bones, in so many ways, for so many reasons...I don't give a damn what I have to pay for it...it's priceless to me by comparison to what I'm given in return through the music of Kid & TBT. :)

Lawsuites? thats funny

I look at it this way. I don't see greed at all. When it comes to music, he has every right to protect himself, I can't blame him one bit there, it's business.

This man has donated so much money, probably more then any of us know. When this man hears a story of a girls golf team getting their stuff stolen, what did he do? He bought them new ones. There are many other things he's done with charities and so forth......music is business and you have to play the business game.

I mean I can give you examples of greed but then that would be taring down my job, cuz they've gone way too far, they donate just to show hey look we do help people, so they can look good, but what they do to the people working for them? Well that's another story.

Kid Rock gets involved cuz it's all in the heart, infact he is the #1 supporter of our troops when it comes to celebs in my opinion. If there isn't a USO tour, he pays his own way to play for those soldiers. Which I haven't seen a celeb do. So please tell me where the greed is there?

I'm not hammering you or anything, cuz I do know where you are coming from, I used to think the same things, but then started thinking about these other things. And we have to seperate business from other things.

He's investing his money to protect the industry he dedicated his life too, the same one that made him a rich man. Theft is theft. To think you can take something from someone because theyhave lots of it, is just ubsurd.
My 5 year old daughter even knows that. He busted his balls to get where he is, and if he and other artists don't protect the industry it will collapse.

Kevin I think KRTBT fanbase is alive and well. Stop hanging out at the Bball court, Get a job and Buy some CDS lol

I can't believe that anyone would have a problem with an artist protecting his/her intellectual property. It has nothing to do with greed. the music is what KR's job is and he has every right to be compensated for it. Anyone taking it for free is stealing.

And if KR was greedy, he wouldn't give so much of his time and money to charity causes, troops overseas, etc. There are a lot of greedy people in this world, and I don't know KR at all personally, but he sure doesn't come off as greedy to me.

I'm too brain tired to enter this discussion logically and fairly...~biting tongue~!