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Brett Dietsch
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Date:
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:09:32 -0500
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Re: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired Magazine, 2/2003
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On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 02:08 PM, Jeff/Ninja Tune wrote:
quoted 21 lines The majority of our roster don't have day jobs and actually make a> The majority of our roster don't have day jobs and actually make a > reasonable living. If "labels" cease to operate they then will need a > day > job or will be spending so much time trying to figure out how to sell > their > music to make a living that they will in effect have a new day job...as > their own record label. Or perhaps their next record could be > underwritten > by Nike...that would be so much more appealing then an evil record > label. > People on our levels don't make money touring (or very little). Labels > will > always be around. Maybe the scope of what we do will change, but let's > face > it. There's a lot of sucky music out there. Labels do act as a quality > filter for the most part (whether you agree with the choices or > not...if you > don't, start your own label and show the world). I'm talking small > indie > labels here. It needs to be constantly adressed there is 2 levels on > discussion here.
DONT LISTEN TO HIM HE'S THE ENEMY HE WORKS FOR A LABEL RUN AND HIDE. >:-D --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org