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The Professional Suicide of a Recording Musician

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:09 am
by djshiva
VERY interesting story about the recording industry and how the internet has changed things (for the better?). you decide.

http://www.alternet.org/story/50416/

discuss. :D

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:35 am
by echo wanderer
I'll finish reading this in a little bit(at pg. 3),but really interesting no doubt.

It might end a few debates between musicians,record companies,and the RIAA.

Very cool find! 8)

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:29 am
by djshiva
Echo Wanderer wrote:I'll finish reading this in a little bit(at pg. 3),but really interesting no doubt.

It might end a few debates between musicians,record companies,and the RIAA.

Very cool find! 8)
haha...dunno if it will end the debates, but hopefully start a few concerning why musicians continue to let the past/current recording industry practices dictate how we do things.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:48 am
by testfeld

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:34 am
by ozols man
good article, i reckon that careers founded on the intertnet can easily be destroyed by the internet though...

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:18 pm
by misk
good article. it stands as a good reminder that the previous music business paradigm has already shifted.

sometimes we forget. :wink:

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:03 pm
by djshiva
ozols man wrote:good article, i reckon that careers founded on the intertnet can easily be destroyed by the internet though...
well, part of the point is that the majority of musicians actually make their money from live gigs. so the internet is a promotional tool unlike any other to get your music heard in places that it would never have been heard before, which extends your reach as far as getting gigs. that's the theory anyway... ;)