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Well, thankfully, it seems my job as a bass player is safe, for now.

Techdirt are waving the human flag.

There has been a study of how people’s brains reacted to music that was played by human musicians vs. computers.

The upshot is that our brains respond more to the music from musicians. FOR THE WIN!!! :0D

Basically, it sounds like our brains can detect the fact that humans play music with more feeling, and we respond accordingly.

Although………………there are some human musicians that I’d gladly feed to a waste-disposal unit…..but hey…..it takes all sorts dunnit?

Music industry commentator, Bob Lefsetz, has recently posted his reasoning as to why he thinks that bands should figure out ways to give away their music with each concert ticket.

As you may know, musicians make most of our money through gig revenue and merchandise these days - so we have to find ways to increase the value of those tickets as much as possible.

Generally speaking, most people go to concerts to hear the music they already know and join in with the band. Bob reckons that it figures that the more the band can make sure people actually know their songs, the happier the fans are going to be at concerts (and they may be more willing to pay that little bit extra).

I agree with this up to a point - I liked the idea when I went to see Prince at the O2 we got a free CD (I liked the ticket price even more - £31.21!) but most people will have already bought the new album before going to the gig or even buying a ticket.

Perhaps a remix album that wouldn’t be available at the stores, a “Part 2″ to the current album or something that would bolster ticket sales and not be detrimental to album sales may be a better tact.

What do you think?

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