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There's great labels still, like Sargent House. Social platforms and digitalization can helped being truly independent but there's still non-music work that a
by conradfr 5y ago
There's great labels still, like Sargent House.
Social platforms and digitalization can helped being truly independent but there's still non-music work that a label would do for you that you now have to manage.
And even if the stories about the struggling musicians becoming rock stars has always been embellished, it seems nowadays most of the current ones had financial security before pursuing their music career because of the low budgets available to develop new artists.
- bryans 5y ago> Social platforms and digitalization can helped being truly independent but there's still non-music work that a label would do for you that you now have to manage. Except that is rapidly becoming untrue, which is the entire point. Self-management in the music industry is actually quite simple if you have the tools and knowledge, and both of those are now widely available to everyone.
- wintermutestwin 5y ago>There's great labels still, like Sargent House. True, but the only OmarRodriguezLopez (for example) that I actually listen to is available on Apple Music. Every once in a while I'll pull up something on YouTube that isn't on Apple Music, but my 99% of the time music player is Apple Music, and if I buy something that's not on there it is a PITA to deal with and costs as much as a month sub to all the things on streaming. The only reason that a label like Sargent House is relevant is as a discovery aid.