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Originally Posted by gideongallery
so we should thank the record company for screwing over the artist and making the choice for us
bullshit
the fact is there are proven examples of artist successfully launching themselves using peer to peer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton
release all his work under creative common
he got his song featured in GH
he wrote and song the "i'm alive " song from portal. |
You bring this guy up every time this argument comes up. The guy has carved a niche for himself out, but there are dozens of people who did similar things before he did this long before the internet ever existed so it's not just the gift of this technology that is responsible for his success.
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without the record company taking 90% the fans who bought banana and bought the music from him, or asked him to play in their home town thru eventful more than made up for the "lost sales" from piracy.
maria digby covered other peoples songs on youtube
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Marie Digby signed with Hollywood Records which is owned by Disney.
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sick puppy gave their music away for free
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Sick Puppy signed with Virgin records, one of the largest record labels on the planet.
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i did the spike launch for project wyze that got them signed. and they made more money from that launch then they made for the album pushed by the mega corp that signed them.
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I remember you talking about these guys and how they said they got made more money with you than the record label.
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we have been working with dozens of artist to do the same thing, small time success without the 90% ass raping is way easier to accomplish and will make you the same amount of money.
the fact is what you consider trash i might enjoy and vice versa, letting everyone make the decision for themselves is definately better then the record companies ass raping the artist so they can "tell us what to like"
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So if small success is so freaking fantastic why are all of the internet darlings who are reaping the benefits of 90% profits and total freedom not to mention world wide exposure they are getting on the internet racing to sign with major labels?