Oh no wait...
This might be even more retarded than the original post.
Yeah, you're right dude. Labels don't do anything. Which is odd
considering my 12-14 work days. I wonder what I do during all that
time. On-line porn only kills a few hours...
There's absolutely no risk or money investment made by labels, nor any
function of promotion or business management. Just sitting here
counting all my middle-man cash. Fuck I've been found out. I guess
it's time to get a real job.
Jeff
On 24-Aug-05, at 8:22 AM, david@modernangel.org wrote:
quoted 23 lines if you're distributing it, and this is for "independent"> if you're distributing it, and this is for "independent"
> artists/labels, so it's not like people are picking up on any big
> corporate branding, then all i see the label doing is sitting in the
> middle soaking up money. do they give big advances to the artists to
> facilitate recording? no, they're a small independent label. do they
> give lots of marketing and promotion? no, they're a small independent
> label. do they distribute the records? well, maybe, by themselves,
> but under this model, you would be doing the distribution.
>
> this seems ridiculous to me, so much money is wasted on something that
> as far as i can see, has no relevance to creating the music, or
> getting it to people who will listen. fuck the label, contact artists
> directly through mediums like this, make sure they get the best return
> for their creativity that they can.
>
> as a sometime artist, i don't see the need for any intermediaries
> anymore. i can sell tracks myself with a website and paypal. i can
> get some more exposure by going on itunes, or another store. i see no
> need for a label in that scenario.
>
> as a consumer, i would rather know the artist is getting the bulk of
> the money, not that it's being decimated by a bunch of middlemen.
>
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