Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Poor musicians having to deal with record companies. Just look at these statistics! The record company does under 5% of the work but this image shows they get a way bigger portion of the money than that.
I say go Indie! For those of you who don't know what that is, this is Wikipedia's explanation of it:
"Internet technology allows artists to introduce their music to a potentially enormous audience at low cost without necessarily affiliating with a major recording label.[3] The design of digital music software encourages the discovery of new music. Sites with larger libraries of songs are the most successful. This, in turn, creates many opportunities for independent bands. Royalties from digital services could prove to be an important source of income. If an artist has already paid to record, manufacture, and promote their album, there is little to no additional cost for independent artists to distribute their music online.[4] Digital services offer the opportunity of exposure to new fans and the possibility of increased sales through online retailers. Artists can also release music more frequently and quickly if it is made available online. Additionally, artists have the option of releasing limited edition, out-of-print, or live material that would be too costly to produce through traditional means. No limit is the largest independent record company in the US with sales over 75 million records."
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as a musician, this irritates me
ReplyDeleteThat's why I don't have any pangs of conscience for downloading the music. I know that the artist doesn't really lose any money.
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KG
This is really disturbing, ill be back
ReplyDeleteAs a record company exec, I love this shit. Haha jk, just pushing buttons.
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follow back and keep the daily clicky too. kthxbai
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hey guys thanks for the posts! I'm checking your blogs daily and they really make my day, keep up the good work
ReplyDeletethis is why i try to support indie bands.
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