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From:
Josh Steiner
To:
Paul Ressel
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Date:
Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:48:30 -0800
Subject:
Re: [idm] Record companies on the way out
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Paul Ressel wrote:
quoted 13 lines Found this in a thesis....>Found this in a thesis.... > >The roll of the record company is becoming more and more redundant >with the advent of the digital age. In The past, record companies >payed for studio time, distribution, promotion, marketing etc. and the >average muso trying to make it big couldn't afford to do so. > >But now all you need to cut a world class album is a PC, a bit of >experience and some time. As far as markeing and promotion go... time >and time again the internet has proved to be a powerful tool for >getting exposure, minus the large budget. > >
record distrubuters may well be on the way out in the long term, but record companies act as a filter between artist and listener that listeners appriciate. if you've ever tried to buy enough drum'n'bass vinyl to build uyp a consistant dj set, you'd quickly appriciate how nice it is to have labels :) -josh ____________________________________________________ independent u.s. drum'n'bass -- http://vitriolix.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org