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A novel way to solve this problem is to stop signing new talent to the big labels. Some of the music I listen to is signed to smaller labels who have much more
by ryan-allen 15y ago
A novel way to solve this problem is to stop signing new talent to the big labels.
Some of the music I listen to is signed to smaller labels who have much more liberal views when it comes to distribution and piracy. They host their own online stores that sell DRM-free albums usually at 50% of the cost of what you pay to big labels on iTunes, in stores, etc.
The vast majority of musicians and producers (i.e. not the Lady Gaga's or The Beatles or Michael Jackson) make their money by touring and performing. Selling their music on CD and in digital formats is considered a marketing method and token income at best.
My hope is that Big Music become more and more irrelevant (and less influential) as artists realise that they can do better without them.
- nkassis 15y agoThe only reason bands still go with them is due to maketing power I think. The web should be able to fix that for them. Myspace reinvented itself as a platform for musicians to market themselves but they are dying right now so there some space for someone to take over.
- pkeane 15y agoBMI is not a record company. It is a performance rights organization. Lots of independent label artists have their work registered through BMI (myself included & I get checks quarterly from BMI). This seems crazy/greedy to me, though. How about if I put my work on a website (which I do -- free for listening or downloading)? I would hope that's not considered public performance.
- rprasad 15y agoIt is a public performance, which is within your rights to control as the copyright owner....unless you assigned copyright to BMI.