Fairlight-CMI

Music sales have dropped in the 90's , where was the music piracy at 
this moment ? Just observe the facts .
Depeche mode will still sells albums , they could record only farts 
and fans would still buy their songs. Only because of their past

I was a big fan of depeche mode in the past, but I don' t listen to 
them anymore.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Puricelli" <rob@...> wrote:
>
> CD sales have indeed dropped, but that has NOTHING to do with 
whether they
> use a Fairlight, Emulator, S6000, Prophecy, Fusion or whatever. 
It's because
> music piracy is up, downloads are the preferred medium and the 
industry is
> on a downturn in general. It has nothing at all to do with what 
instruments
> they use.
> 
>  
> 
> Depeche Mode still sell because they still write great music and 
they have a
> massive fan base. I don't buy their work because the used to use a 
Fairlight
> or Emulator.
> 
>  
> 
> You are truly showing a complete lack of knowledge of the industry 
and
> should therefore look before you leap.
> 
>  
> 
> Rob.
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fairlight-
CMI@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of paradyse_james
> Sent: 15 December 2006 17:43
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Series III Library availability
> 
>  
> 
> I' m sorry but since 10 years the cd sales have dropped asn for 
> everybody.
> If depeche mode were a new born music group , nobody would buy 
their 
> album. 
> They actually sell because of their PAST.
> 
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@ <mailto:Fairlight-CMI%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, "Rob Puricelli" <rob@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > >>The sales of Depeche Mode have dropped the day they left all 
this 
> > >>good stuff, didn' t you noticed ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm sorry, but that is, as we say in my country (the same country 
> that
> > Depeche Mode hail from) utter bollox !!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Check the kit lists for stuff like Violator and you will see 
> countless
> > pieces of equipment instead of the "good old stuff".
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > To claim that an artist/band has success or failure because of 
the 
> equipment
> > they use is complete rubbish. Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Dave 
> Gahan
> > could fart a better tune than you or any of us could produce on 
any 
> piece of
> > equipment, because they are skilled and successful (both 
commercial 
> &
> > critical) songwriters. They could compose their entire next album 
> on a
> > Bontempi organ and still write better tunes than any of us 
bedroom 
> musos,
> > many of whom seem more concerned with technical specifications 
than 
> actual
> > song craft.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > £0.02
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rob.
> >
>