The problem with electronic music is the inherent conservatism of
the US market, coupled with the mega-monolithic business model of major
label record companies. You're never going to get 2 million people to buy
Funkstorung, and the major labels aren't interested in developing artists
who don't have the potential of being big unit shifters.
Electronic artists also control the means of production. They turn in
their records on a CDR. A big part of the major label game is suckering
people into taking big advances and then twisting up the accounting so that
they never come out ahead. You sell records AND you screw the artist by
making him pay you back any money you give them. AND you take their publishing
rights so they don't have royalties!
kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Catfish Gil wrote:
quoted 45 lines Oh please, the US will stay a friend of Rock forever.
> Oh please, the US will stay a friend of Rock forever.
> There's no hope.
> we used to think that any sort of dance/electronic derivative would break
> in a few years, and that was back in 95 or 96.
>
> B/c music has to be marketed and the major labels have no clue how to
> successfully market it, they gave up. done, dead, over.
>
> The only thing that gives me hope is how much electronic music there is
> out on napster and gnutella.
>
> ugh, don't get me started...
>
> -Gil
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 Cichli@aol.com wrote:
>
> > josh wrote:
> > [i give it a year, maybe less. "modern rock" is so stagnant we are due for
> > another Nirvana-style paradigm shift.......but "IDM" in it's current state
> > will never make it to the mainstream in the USA because there are no vocals.]
> >
> > i'm actually starting a project right now with some friends like this. it's
> > gonna be me on guitars/programming, my friend Nate on bass and my friend
> > Brandy on vocals. it's gonna have all the IDM drums, sound effects, and
> > structures with guitars and vocals. as far as the style, it'll probably
> > range from Tool and Deftones to Sarah McLachlan and Portishead. if it
> > works out it will be orignal to say the least, and it may even be a
> > mainstream kinda sound. who knows......
> >
> > :jason (ecux)
> >
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