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Spotify already lets unsigned artists add their music through music aggregators like cdbaby: http://www.spotify.com/us/work-with-us/labels-and-artists/artist-pa
by rm999 14y ago
Spotify already lets unsigned artists add their music through music aggregators like cdbaby: http://www.spotify.com/us/work-with-us/labels-and-artists/artist-page/ http://www.spotify.com/us/work-with-us/labels-and-artists/ar...
I suppose the music aggregators are a modern day take on record labels.
- k-mcgrady 14y agoNot really, a label does much more than get an artists music in a store. Distributing the content is probably the easiest thing for artists to do on their own. Marketing, touring and merchandise are more complication and labels are still the best solution.
- rm999 14y agoWell, that's why I said "take" on it. These companies are actually doing quite a bit that a traditional label would do: they store the media (the digital version of manufacturing it), distribute it, and market it. I don't think a traditional label is always the best solution, especially for groups that will never be big enough to justify the huge upfront costs a label puts in. These aggregators are really for the tail end of the spectrum: the 90% of bands who represent 1% of music listening time and don't have much hope of getting signed.