By Rob - 01/12/2009 06:57 - United States

Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out of college to pay for it after my friends who liked my music urged me to. They keep telling me how much they love the CD. I've only sold one copy. Turns out they put it on a sharing site so only one of them would have to buy it. FML
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tekcor 2

Well that was a dumb move. Did you really think your friends would buy enough music to cover your income for the rest of your life?

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Lisa89 3

Welcome to the music industry. And if it was acual money you were after then it's stupid for you to think you could make enough to get by when you're an unknown artists with one album.

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wh4t3v3R 0

That totally sux. I always buy my friends stuff when they take risks like this, it's common courtesy. I recommend you sue for copyright infringement and emotional damages. On the bright side you know exactly where the infringed material is.

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tikimuppet 11

I take it you're american? "something went wrong because I'm a retard. LET'S SUE EVERYONE NEAR ME!!!!!11111"

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Ashimali 0

*sigh* prejudice is alive and well i see...good for you.

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Anteezy 7

Well seeing as you are a nobody you might get some exposure through the p2p sites. And after that you might sell some records so you might have to thank those deadbeat friends of yours later on.

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IsumoVamp 0

Anyone could've told you that this wouldn't have worked out. Nobody buys CDs anymore. It's all illegal downloading and stuff. Even if you're good, no CDs will be sold unless you get big and do CD signing

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MrJentipede 2

YDI for charging for music. Give it away and get money from live shows.

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phatdaddy 0

Don't give be that "Art should be free to the world" bullshit. Do you know how much it costs to make a good CD? THOUSANDS. How do you recoup those losses? SELLING them. Wouldn't the world be great if everyone gave away everything they worked for? NO! Because then no one would have a reason to work for anything.

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phatdaddy 0

And he should give away CDs and make money playing live shows? Where the hell do you think most small-time musicians make most of their money at shows? Certainly not from the clubs that screw them out of every dollar they can. CD and Merch sales are the primary source of revenue for local musicians, and you're telling this guy he deserves to get ripped off by his friends for selling a product he spent THOUSANDS of dollars, and HUNDREDS of hours working on? F*** you.

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Residence_fml 4

YDI for dropping out on college and counting on a career in the music business so reclessly. You listened to your friends who told you they 'liked' your music, pshh you need a professional opinion before you should make your own music album or at least oyu need some real fans. I don't know much about the music industry but even I could have known this was going bad from the start.

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lifeinhd 3

Look on the bright side... the college that produces the most billionaires is Harvard. The college producing the second largest number of billionaires isn't a college at all, but rather dropouts.

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Howdyplz 2

Oh my god, I didn't know such idiots existed. I mean, come on. COLLEGE. You just spent 12-13 years in school trying to GET INTO a college so you could do something with your life, and just dropped out to sell a CD your friend said was good? Please, be a troll. There is no way this cannot be a troll....... If not, there goes my faith in humanity..... Dropping out of college sems a *BIT* extreme. My cousin's girlfriend goes to college, works a job and finds time to practice and promote her music when she isn't studying. I'm sorry you made such a dumb move, because there isn't really much money in the music industry anymore and it should really be something you do on the side until you are 100% sure you can support yourself. If she makes it big one day my cousin's gf might quit her job, but never until she is totally sure she can support herself. Good luck being a bum who lives with their mom and can't get a date.

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WTFsGoingOn 0

If he lives in America he just spent 12-13 years in school because the law requires it. Not everyone who goes to school wants to go to college. Not that it is a good choice, it's merely a fact.

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oh_fml_ 0

you're a moron for dropping out of college for whatever reason... unless you actually get signed by at least a small record company, it's nearly impossible to make it... YDI

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