Jonny Greenwood interviewed for Gothamist and told them: "People are making a big thing about it being against the industry or trying to change things for people but it’s really not what motivated us to do it. It’s more about feeling like it was right for us and feeling bored of what we were doing before." I say: Don't be humble Jonny. Link.
It'll always be up to the power of the majors to find, market, produce, sell and launch a new band. Who else will pay promoters to play live, or pay and place and employ traditional marketing techniques or getting the record promoted at radio. The dissolution of the majors especially in breaking and holding an artist are a LONG way off!
i agree that the future of major labels is bad. no real need for them. also their marketing is poor.the future of music, however, is in the hands of new concepts of consumption, new devices for listening, people's dying attention span, and the bravery of artists. the audience will always love music. the future of money is the question that should be asked.will it stay the key element of our existence? hopefully not
This is great, especially in light of the recent RIAA abuse of power, going after that single mom with a $200,000 lawsuit. They deserve to lose all their business.
It'll be interesting to see if any pop mainstream artists ever do that, because let's face it, both NIN and even Radiohead are still "alternative" bands. I want 50 Cent to understand how he can earn much more dough as an independent artist.
I think Itunes has the right idea. I don't mind paying a small amount of money per song/ album, which I can then burn to a cd, download to my ipod, or listen to on my computer
Also today, Yahoo Music exec Ian Rogers declared he no longers wishes to play ball with DRM touting majors: "If the licensing labels offer their content to Yahoo! put more barriers in front of the users, I'm not interested. Do what you feel you need to do for your business, I'll be polite, say thank you, and decline to sign." (boingboing)
Jonny Greenwood interviewed for Gothamist and told them: "People are making a big thing about it being against the industry or trying to change things for people but it’s really not what motivated us to do it. It’s more about feeling like it was right for us and feeling bored of what we were doing before." I say: Don't be humble Jonny. Link.
It'll always be up to the power of the majors to find, market, produce, sell and launch a new band. Who else will pay promoters to play live, or pay and place and employ traditional marketing techniques or getting the record promoted at radio. The dissolution of the majors especially in breaking and holding an artist are a LONG way off!
i agree that the future of major labels is bad. no real need for them. also their marketing is poor.the future of music, however, is in the hands of new concepts of consumption, new devices for listening, people's dying attention span, and the bravery of artists. the audience will always love music. the future of money is the question that should be asked.will it stay the key element of our existence? hopefully not
i see a brighter future ahead.
This is great, especially in light of the recent RIAA abuse of power, going after that single mom with a $200,000 lawsuit. They deserve to lose all their business.
It'll be interesting to see if any pop mainstream artists ever do that, because let's face it, both NIN and even Radiohead are still "alternative" bands. I want 50 Cent to understand how he can earn much more dough as an independent artist.
I think Itunes has the right idea. I don't mind paying a small amount of money per song/ album, which I can then burn to a cd, download to my ipod, or listen to on my computer
This is shaping to be an aboslute amazing week in the history of recorded music.
Also today, Yahoo Music exec Ian Rogers declared he no longers wishes to play ball with DRM touting majors: "If the licensing labels offer their content to Yahoo! put more barriers in front of the users, I'm not interested. Do what you feel you need to do for your business, I'll be polite, say thank you, and decline to sign." (boingboing)