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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Yup. It means ANYONE can post some videos and tracks up and become a massive massive success without giving most of their money to Universal for doing not very much.
Good news.
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if you were a diy artist or knew any you would know how insanely difficult it is to get through the noise that is out there now. it's fantasy that you just put up your art on youtube and itunes and get noticed. about the same amount of people get "big" off youtube and itunes that did in the record contract era, just the mediums have changed.
how is a musician that doesn't play live or not tour make money now for example.
the new avenues have their own pitfalls, just as many as the old way did.
many artists happily sign with the evil music companies as well when their youtube video gets big enough.
it is a complex phenomenon and both side argue from these ridiculously oversimplified viewpoints it just makes the who discussion useless.