do you think that illegaly downloading music from the internet will force
bands back out on the road to make a living, and we will see the demise of
the studio bound bands who can't cut it live anyway.
if it's the case that will it be easier for bands to sell their music from a
website, will this see the end of big record-companies, who are only
interested in talent as financial accumen?
if we get rid of companies with committees who decide every move an artist
makes, will this put the musicians back in charge?
back in the seventies, The Jam's record company almost dropped them, because
the new Bee Gees album had bombed... if artists were more autonomous, this
might not happen (and other big labels use spin off profits from record
sales, to produce all sorts of nasty shit - parts for nuclear bombs etc...)
I know there are a lot of good small record companies (who operate out of a
bedroom) but I would feel a lot happier if I bought an album, and could give
the money straight to the band...
to view a band in commercial terms instead of artistically, has meant that
we now have plenty of shallow chart acts, and how many times have you seen a
really good band who just dont fit marketing image, but can tear up the
stage?
with a smaller outlay on the net, would these bands get more exposure - like
in the days of pirate radio, when stations didn't stick to a playlist that
might offend potential advertisers?
cheers - G
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>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: mp3s?
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:53:41 -0800
>
>In a message dated 1/26/00 9:57:12 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><< The question is who *really* gets the money when we DO pay. With a lot
>of
> small bands, I won't bother buying their records unless/until I see them
> live and can hand over my money to a band member >>
>
>That's pretty valid, actually. I just had a great discussion with a guy at
>our label who just did his year end accounting. "You still owe us well over
>a
>thousand dollars for CDs that you sold on the road" "Oh, I see" "Well, do
>you
>have that money?" " That money all went into the gas tank I'm afraid. We
>think of it as tour support." "Oh, I see."
>
>
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