I came across a video on YouTube a few weeks ago which really made me stop and wonder. If you never watch the whole movie called "Before The Music Dies", I would hope you just spend some time watching this video below.

Pay a bit more attention to the part where the model's singing. And then the final music video. :D

There are some quotable quotes from the video, but I'd rather not spoil the documentary for those who'd be interested enough to watch it. I did love one quote by Erykah Badu, though, "We're in the age of video... You know. Before video? Coz video killed the radio star. You could be ugly than a motherfucker and be.. Great." Erykah Badu is hilarious in the whole movie. :D

Another quote, from Justin Goldberg (founder of Indie 911, and former record label executive) regarding how the music industry is responding to piracy (encryption and all that jazz), "They should be giving it (music) away, they should be podcasting like crazy... Because people should want to buy the amazing 38 dollar and 50 cent double CD that has outtakes and a DVD and a really cool poster. Because their fans will buy that stuff."

As someone who downloads music (and movies - including this movie I'm talking about - but shh, don't tell people), I agree with him. If I'm a fan of a band or a movie, and I really like their music/story, I definitely would go out and buy something that is worth buying from them. I'm sure some of you know that I went out to buy the Music & Lyrics soundtrack album (even though I could so easily download the whole thing) after I watched the movie (granted... I downloaded the movie... *slaps forehead*). I also bought the Anastasia soundtrack album as well after I watched the movie (erm... After I watched a pirated VCD of the movie...). Okay, forget it, I am not a good example of someone who would support an alternative business model of the music industry.

Bottom line is, I do buy original DVDs and CDs of artistes/movies that I love. I bought the DVD gift sets of the first 2 Spider-Man movies (fuck the third piece of shit movie installment), and I bought a whole bunch of original Take That (yes, yes, I'm such a pop fanboy, but the type of songs that group makes is just one of the many varied types of music that I enjoy, even if a big percentage of that is "pop" - but not so much the over-commercialised pop) CDs/VCDs/DVDs. I have also bought some other varied original movies and music, so yes, if it's worth it, I would buy it, even if I download most of the things I listen/watch.

I've gone off-topic. I'm done. The documentary was quite a good watch. I enjoyed it. Had a lot of good logic and a lot of good music. But the best parts are probably already in the video above. Watched it yet? :D