Does downloading really hurts BON JOVI cd sales?

I never downloaded any cd of any band ... I just usually downlaod from iTunes one soing that I pay for from a cd that I don't want in it's totality ...

beside this I don't download anything that I can buy ....

I have never download any BON JOVI cd ... but I have though a question .. do you think the band fans download ? what percentage ? I have seen few fans saying they haven't buy the box .. I respect and can understand that as it was something quite expensive (IMO it was worthing the price though) .... if you download what are your reasons ? is it just economic reason (buying a cd is too expensive ) or is it more easy or I don't know ...

I heard many times Jon saying that BON JOVI sales have to suffer from download ... what do you think ? do you agree with him ?
I would think that BON JOVI fans are usually big cd buyers but well it might just be just a certain category of fans ...

tell me what you think ? is downloading making BON JOVI future (I mean here cd sales ) unsecure for real ?

I don't download songs as I am one that wants the entire packaging that comes with a cd. I think downloading hurts all artists not just Bon Jovi. Over the last few years, the number of actual cds sold has declined for all music genres accept for country music.

The bad thing is a lot of cds only have 2 or 3 good tracks on them so you could say some artists are catering (maybe inadvertently) to that downloading mentality. But, for those records that still do have some hidden gems on them (that are not singles material by today's radio standards), a person that downloads misses out.

deb

I don't think downloading hurts any artist.

It's always been my opinion that people who can afford to buy an album will buy it and people who cannot afford to, won't. Period.

The times I download songs is when I am recommended a band and want to check them out -- usually that will result in me buying the album anyway. I actually can't think of downloading anything that was commercially available and I didn't buy the cd afterwards. Unless, of course, if it was crap, in which case I won't even listen to it ever after.

It is also my opinion that the more people are able to hear an artists music the better .... probably turning people into fans (who will buy the album) more often than losing a sale.

As for iTunes, I can't do that. If I like even one song, I have to buy the album.

I have never downloaded a Bon Jovi song, but I have from other artists, and if I like it enough I would then buy the album (I still love to have the artwork). I think downloading is really useful and I have got into a lot of new bands that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to hear any music by if it wasn't for downloading it.

Agreed.

and how exactly do you know that the decline in album sales is due to illegal downloading??? I mean if it truly was, then surely the country music fans wouldn't act any differently would they?

they don't have computers in the deep south, durr.

LMAO.

I think that a lot of people do download, and obviously it "hurts" the artist, but there's probably still more who buy the albums than those who download it.

Personally if there is more than 3 songs from an album that I like (heard by tv, radio etc) then I'll buy the album. I don't download music anymore, save for live stuff.

Illegally downloading music hurts any artist. Fact.

There is absolutely no doubt about it. I do however like Spunkwhos comment:

I think you COULD be right about this, but the major disadvantage is that the majority of the time, a person will just keep the song on their cpmputer and play it through winamp/wmp or burn it to their own blank disc. If people 'become a fan' of a certain artist through downloading music, then that is only going to spur them on to download other music by the same artist. If they like another album, they will more than likely keep on downloading their full back catalogue, therefore hurting the artist even more.

Up until a couple of years ago, if you heard about a artist, you went out and bought the album. That doesnt happen much these days. I know, personally, if I hear about a album that everyone seems to be liking at the moment, then I will download it to see what its like and to see what all the fuss is about. I am pretty confident that this is the case for a lot of other people too.

We are definately killing the music industry, and it is only before time that we will not have single and album charts based solely through sales. From what I can see, all we will eventually have is download charts and music chains will eventually go out of business. This based on the number of people who are not only getting the internet installed on their home computers, but also higher speed connections, making it so much easier and faster to download material, be it either officially (eg. Itunes) or illegally (eg. Bit Torrent).