Spring Break
O.A.R. to play Lantz Arena Sunday
Evan Hill/ Staff Writer
Issue date: 10/31/03 Section: The Verge
Gershman said file sharing programs have only helped the band to this point. However, Atlantic Records, the parent company of O.A.R.'s label Lava, has a different opinion of file sharing software and its users.
Atlantic belongs to the Recording Industry Association of America, an organization that has taken an aggressive stance against the file sharing community, first by bringing Napster to a close with a lawsuit and more recently by suing a number of users doing the actual file sharing.
"I think the industry is beginning to adapt and change their treatment of the situation," Gershman said. "But in a way, its only blown up the issue and made the people more clever and sneaky.
Gershman said he didn't know if file sharing would affect the band now they are signed to a major label that stands to lose a lot of revenue from illegal file sharing. But he thinks they will have to try harder to make the sharing stop.
"I don't think its really changed what's going on out there," he said. "Our listeners are still doing it. That's a fact."
While some people may argue over whether the RIAA deserves to keep the revenue it is losing to file sharing, Gershman seemed unworried despite the amount of work the band does in the studio to produce the music people are downloading for free.
"In the studio I'm really focused and concentrating on what I want the bass lines to sound like," he said. "It's like taking a test."
He said the studio work was more intensive than what he does on the road. O.A.R. spends about 14 to 15 hours a day on music when they're working in the studio, compared to only a few hours each day when touring.
The long hours and hard work O.A.R. have put into their music pays off on "In Between Now and Then." Gershman said this album has allowed O.A.R. to tap into their live sound.
"In Between Now and Then' finally ranks up with our live stuff," he said. "Hearing the crowd mixed in with music, to me, is more enjoyable."
Atlantic belongs to the Recording Industry Association of America, an organization that has taken an aggressive stance against the file sharing community, first by bringing Napster to a close with a lawsuit and more recently by suing a number of users doing the actual file sharing.
"I think the industry is beginning to adapt and change their treatment of the situation," Gershman said. "But in a way, its only blown up the issue and made the people more clever and sneaky.
Gershman said he didn't know if file sharing would affect the band now they are signed to a major label that stands to lose a lot of revenue from illegal file sharing. But he thinks they will have to try harder to make the sharing stop.
"I don't think its really changed what's going on out there," he said. "Our listeners are still doing it. That's a fact."
While some people may argue over whether the RIAA deserves to keep the revenue it is losing to file sharing, Gershman seemed unworried despite the amount of work the band does in the studio to produce the music people are downloading for free.
"In the studio I'm really focused and concentrating on what I want the bass lines to sound like," he said. "It's like taking a test."
He said the studio work was more intensive than what he does on the road. O.A.R. spends about 14 to 15 hours a day on music when they're working in the studio, compared to only a few hours each day when touring.
The long hours and hard work O.A.R. have put into their music pays off on "In Between Now and Then." Gershman said this album has allowed O.A.R. to tap into their live sound.
"In Between Now and Then' finally ranks up with our live stuff," he said. "Hearing the crowd mixed in with music, to me, is more enjoyable."
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