On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 03:55:04PM -0500, Kent williams wrote:
quoted 5 lines The problem with electronic music is the inherent conservatism of
> 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.
Yea, Kent pretty much hit it on the head here. As recently as the 60's,
"independent" labels were able to get singles into the top 10, but now
only the majors (Universial, EMI, Warner, Sony and BMG) can get decent
distribution much less hits.
quoted 6 lines Electronic artists also control the means of production. They turn in
> 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!
Once again, Kent is dead on... For a good explanation of this, read
Steve Albini's (member of Shellac, Rapeman and Big Black, producer of
Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Page and Plant, etc) rant on this at
http://www.atomly.com/random/albini.html
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