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You forgot several big wins: music lovers enjoying music in an easy to use service they love. And thousands of unknown/unsigned artists getting discovered and k

by guelo 13y ago

You forgot several big wins: music lovers enjoying music in an easy to use service they love. And thousands of unknown/unsigned artists getting discovered and kicking off their careers.

forrestthewoods 13y ago
Like I said, people have actually been tricked into thinking Spotify is a good thing for the industry.
- smsm42 13y ago
  Industry seems to be doing pretty good. But why should I even care about "the industry"? I can get why should I care about the artists, but "the industry" is just the means to the goal of getting music, if there would be some other means that gets the same result - who cares if "the industry" disappears?
  - anigbrowl 13y ago
    The industry also provides marketing, administrative, and editorial services that are extremely valuable. Artists aren't necessarily good at self-promotion, accountancy, sound engineering etc. etc. Bands usually have managers because they're good at making music, not tour management and so on.
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    - smsm42 13y ago
      There already is advertising, accounting and copywriting industry, they're not going anywhere. So ability of musicians to hire advertiser, accountant or copywriter would not suffer if the thing we call "recording industry" ceases to exist.
anigbrowl 13y ago
And thousands of unknown/unsigned artists getting discovered and kicking off their careers. This has to be balanced against the (probably greater) number of people whose careers fizzled or stalled because so many smaller labels went out of business in a short period. File sharing and streaming has been a disaster for lots of less well-known genres that don't necessarily support large tours. Serious electronic music (as supposed to 'Superstar DJ' BS) has only recently started to put up green shoots in the US, and I'm not sure how long that's going to last: the largest importer/distributors of dance music on the East & West Coast of the US went out of business this spring and nobody is even willing to bid on the liquidation stock: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261230689524?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648 http://www.ebay.com/itm/261230689524?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX... Next time you read some gushing article about the resurgence of vinyl think about those 70,000 records ending up in landfill.
snowwrestler 13y ago
The point is, they're not kicking off their careers, because these days it is almost impossible to construct professional career in music unless you sign a 360 deal with a major label.

by guelo 13y ago

You forgot several big wins: music lovers enjoying music in an easy to use service they love. And thousands of unknown/unsigned artists getting discovered and kicking off their careers.

forrestthewoods 13y ago

Like I said, people have actually been tricked into thinking Spotify is a good thing for the industry.

smsm42 13y ago
Industry seems to be doing pretty good. But why should I even care about "the industry"? I can get why should I care about the artists, but "the industry" is just the means to the goal of getting music, if there would be some other means that gets the same result - who cares if "the industry" disappears?
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  The industry also provides marketing, administrative, and editorial services that are extremely valuable. Artists aren't necessarily good at self-promotion, accountancy, sound engineering etc. etc. Bands usually have managers because they're good at making music, not tour management and so on.
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  - smsm42 13y ago
    There already is advertising, accounting and copywriting industry, they're not going anywhere. So ability of musicians to hire advertiser, accountant or copywriter would not suffer if the thing we call "recording industry" ceases to exist.

anigbrowl 13y ago

And thousands of unknown/unsigned artists getting discovered and kicking off their careers. This has to be balanced against the (probably greater) number of people whose careers fizzled or stalled because so many smaller labels went out of business in a short period. File sharing and streaming has been a disaster for lots of less well-known genres that don't necessarily support large tours. Serious electronic music (as supposed to 'Superstar DJ' BS) has only recently started to put up green shoots in the US, and I'm not sure how long that's going to last: the largest importer/distributors of dance music on the East & West Coast of the US went out of business this spring and nobody is even willing to bid on the liquidation stock: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261230689524?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648 http://www.ebay.com/itm/261230689524?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX... Next time you read some gushing article about the resurgence of vinyl think about those 70,000 records ending up in landfill.

snowwrestler 13y ago

The point is, they're not kicking off their careers, because these days it is almost impossible to construct professional career in music unless you sign a 360 deal with a major label.