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It's also interesting to see how much less serious this is to musicians and producers who weren't in the business before the mp3. This is the only world he kno
by kingkawn 15y ago
It's also interesting to see how much less serious this is to musicians and producers who weren't in the business before the mp3. This is the only world he knows, so he knows how to work it.
- cageface 15y agoIt also sounds like he derives a lot of revenue from a healthy live following. Musicians that aren't as performance-oriented are probably less sanguine about this.
- kingkawn 15y agoHe derives a lot of his revenue from kids on E bugging out to his laser show. Good bass music if you're into that.
- r0s 15y agoLike Jonathan Coulton? http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/05/14/136279162/an-internet-rock-star-tells-all?ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/05/14/136279162/an-inter... I'd argue the opportunities for digital distribution far outweigh the risky and extremely limited opportunities of traditional physical media. The smaller artist has a major lack of publicity muscle. Piracy can provide just that; on a potential scale almost completely inaccessible to unknown artists. I work for a small record label, I understand the problem very well.