Warner Music wants more from Rock Band, Guitar Hero

It could spell an increase in the number of people who won't buy the game or extra content.

No, it will spell a decrease in music licensed from Warner Music.

heres my take... No name bands are getting a lot more love being a freakin Bonus Track than they would have ever gotten by going it alone...

Big name artists are also feeling an increase in CD sales/itunes downloads...

So look at it this way warner:
1: youre getting royalties already per track
2: youre getting the EASIEST form of advertising for offering that license
3. you suck balls Warner... Esp for going Bluray exclusive lol

I just dont get it... if you look at that gameplan, its a freakin win win situation...

Or, those songs can sit in a coffin like they have been for years... OR they can get a butt load of publicity from games like GH and RB...

BOOOOO GREEEEEDY CORPRATE BASTARD SWINE!

I rarely buy the 500 point packs so an increase means I would only buy the amazing songs that come out. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of suckers out there willing to pay more for less.

okay, im sorry for being angry... can i have my Usher Guitar Hero track now?

There goes a guy who does not get it. They are finally getting young people, primarily, to actually pay for music again, and they want to stick it to developers.

I love how he says "music industry" and not "bands". This guy is everything that's wrong with the industry right now.

Jeez guys. Don't you care if Edgar gets the extra swimming pool he's always wanted?

I love it when big corporations refuse to change their business plan when technology makes them obsolete.

Personally I have bought quite a few tracks and CDs because of music I have learned about from Rock Band and Guitar Hero. These people should be jumping for joy for a new revenue stream opening up instead of killing it off but then again that never stopped them before.

The thing is that a lot of these "no name" bands aren't on some of these bigger labels. I'd be surprised if some of them were even on a label that was supported by the RIAA in the first place... in which case different deals are hammered out.

It's funny how not a single band has brought this up, yet some suit is clamoring for more money for his industry. I'm sure they make PLENTY off of this as it is.

I think the publishers/developers should just say to people like him that, look, maybe this game wouldn't exist without music you own, but you'd not have this completely new revenue stream if it wasn't for *us* coming up with these games in the first place.

And not only is it a new revenue stream they clearly never considered, it's a new revenue stream that requires ZERO WORK on the part of the labels.

I don't know how he thinks any consumer would take comments like this. Certainly not positively... lol

And this is why i download all my music illegally, keep on trying to screw your customers music industry, the more you squeeze the more we steal.

Xav, your choice of picture for this article made me bust out laughing at work. Well played, sir.

Edgar can cry about it all he wants. It'll be his loss when Activision and EA simply refuse to pay the costs. I'm sure the other labels are tickled pink about the advertising for their product that they get paid for.

Those games use licensed music, but what makes they great games are the periperals and the software that takes that music and makes a great experience. games like the upcoming Lips show that you don't need extra licensing to get great music into games like these.

Kind of inappropriate for a Big Four record exec to be complaining that the evil software company isn't paying him enough for his role in music-making. How much do Warner's artists see per CD sold, versus what the record label pulls in?

I've long held the belief that the music industry should be begging to get their songs into these games. It's one of the greatest forms of advertising (not to mention flattery) they've got available to them right now. We're more than willing to buy the content, and they should be happy with the mere billions they're raking in from digital (note: not even a CD to manufacture here!) content. Thank you very much! Now, Warner, kindly pull your heads out of your hindquarters and take that step forward into the new generation.

Harmonix should pull an iTunes on them and tell them to go make their own music game if they want more money.

And what kind of rectum is Bronfman to say "the amount the music industry is getting paid is too small", when clearly agreements were signed by the MUSIC INDUSTRY.

What he's really saying is "Once again, we have no idea how to actually run our business, or even gauge where commercial opportunities are, so we'd like a do-over please, so we can make more money doing nothing."

And you should probably spell Edgar's name correctly in your article...

Lol... so if he gets his way and there's a price hike... obviously the number of tracks being bought is gonna drop a fair amount. Enough I'd wager that even with the price hike, they'll be making less at the end of the day than they are right now... so do you think he'll ask for another round of price hikes at that point, or somehow try to claim piracy?

I can't wait until the old music industry collapses and dies; or at least until all of the old Luddites running it do.

greedy music companies... these games are paid exposure to new bands for some people.
great example dragonforce. because of GH3, these guys are now a huge band selling millions of CD's.

It's always nice to see an executive who has no freakin' idea about his consumers.

All this means is less money for Warner in the long run. Nice one goal.

*slow clap*

question.

Is the picture that you guys used for this article a ps3fanboy ?

Just another poor decision from the music industry. They STILL don't see the potential for revenue streams fro, "promotional" pieces like GH and RB. They wouldn't sell more songs or CDs from that type of promotion would they?!? Naaaawwww...no wonder the business is in the toilet

What a greedy cunt.

I would think the record labels are already making enough money from their agreements with the game companies since they agreed to the price in the first place and then the income from the sales of CD's from the exposure they are getting from the games. My kids have bought several CD's from old rock bands that they had never heard of before they played the games. I think the record labels should be happy that they are getting paid for advertising instead of paying to advertise.

http://www.CantStopRockin.com

Someone build a website where people can vote for their most wanted downloadable rock band tracks and albums . . I think it would take off.

And then I can have my say when it comes to which songs i want to be able to play. :-D