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Originally Posted by CarylB
The rest wasn't something that really made me want to comment, but here goes:
I thought it was before 1996 that Meat was in a forgotten land in the USA? He came back with a vengeance with Bat2, won his Grammy, and started touring again. He toured there before 2003 (Storytellers and Having Fun at least) .. launched his autobiography and did a book signing tour in the USA, and there were both UK and International fansites to keep up with what he was doing .. and Rockman for Steinman.
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#1 - I'm not from the US. I said NA because I hadn't heard of anything significant. In Canada, I didnt hear anything either. Was I not paying attention? Maybe. But this was before the Internet was everywhere. If I didn't get it on Much Music or the newspaper it might as well not exist. Were there fan sites? Yes. But out of sight, out of mind. At that point I thought he only had 3 records.
#2 - Bat 2 was released in 1993. 3-4 years is significant. He also released WTTN, which was also great. Maybe my timeline is off. Say 1998 as being more accurate. I hadn't heard of storytellers until I downloaded it.
#3 - yes, those tours were probably great. And I may have bought a ticket.... If he came to my area.
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You've bought albums buy a ticket for a a concert (you missed some great tours!) due to pirating .. and you chose to buy merchandise .. whoopee. Many don't .. That's the issue. There is no evidence to suggest that album sales increase as a result of pirating .. statistically a few examples don't stand up.
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The point is that I probably wouldn't have bought ANYTHING if I didn't do that. I believe there are studies that suggest that pirating spreads the wealth around more. There is also more quality control, so you know that you're not paying for crap.
There are so many great artists out there and now the record companies can't steer us into buying crap like they have for years.