word up to jeff!
do some of you even realise what an effort it takes to run a label?
and even 10thousand more harder when its a small indep label tryin to sort
some prope music amongst all the crap
i wonder how many of you saying these things have actually tried releasing
good music
sad..
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From: "Jeff/Ninja Tune" <jeff@ninjatune.net>
Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] about music and money
quoted 54 lines Oh no wait...> 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:
>
> > 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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