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Thought About The Music Industry
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD a répondu le Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 5:01pm |
 Coolness: 509670 | Is it right for people with desk jobs to make money from artists' creations? In this digital age when Joe Blow can compete with The Big Five as far as quality goes, how long will it take for record labels to understand they are no longer needed?
I personally hope I never sign any contract with any company selling them MY music. I should be able to give it away for free if I want and what kind of world do we live in when someone can profit from something they had no hand in? I trust the market will fix itself but damn it's slow... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK a répondu le Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 5:09pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Intoccabile a répondu le Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 6:05pm |
 Coolness: 64960 | I have a few comments.
1. The suit versus the artist. This classic and rigid opposition is problematic, and quite funny at the same time : people with desk jobs ( they wear boring gray suits and ties, they love doing sudokus in the metro and their idea of high-brow culture is loft story and star academy ) versus " the artist ". Or in other words, the musical " institution " - evil incarnate - versus the musician ( always the good guy ), capitalist society / capitalist rationality versus the sublime martyr of the arts, which of course are necesarily " irrationnal ". 2. No one ever forced an artist to sell his or her soul to the music industry. Well, ok, there are notable exceptions. 3. Today, artists have more options : deal with majors, or do everything themselves, or deal with net labels, etc. But still, some artists choose to deal exclusively with majors : why ? 4. Is it RIGHT for people with desk jobs to make money from artist's creations ? With the artis's consent, yes. 3. " What kind of world do we live in when someone can profit from something they had no hand in ? " When shopping, I wouldn't be able to buy anything if I kept asking myself this question. 4. Making music available for free eventually leads to the aesthetic devaluation of music ( I believe that's what Theodor W. Adorno called " Entkunstung ", or desesthetisation of the arts ). 5. Here is an unpopular opinion I champion : I think the music industry / the paradigm of the major labels is needed. Think of the music industry as an integrated system. The underground ( what they call " La marge / la frange " in french ) defines itself in opposition ( pretty much like linguistic signs define themselves in opposition to one another ) to the paradigm of the major labels. Therefore, if they were to disappear, how would the underground define itself ? The term speaks for itself : Underground. it is a spatial metaphor, we are " under " something, and that something happens to be the paradigm of the major labels. Mise À Jour » Intoccabile a écrit sur Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 6:06pm Well, call me an idiot as I don't know how to count.
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo a répondu le Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 6:10pm |
 Coolness: 146435 | duality's everywhere, in everything... denying it is probably the most common source of pain in this universe, whereas accepting it is a step towards wisdom and a better overall balance.
i like to try and discern the good and the bad in every single thing and concept. each time something annoys you, try and find reasons to appreciate it... and vice versa if you wanna follow this state of mind. my opinion... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Vanessa_Lutz a répondu le Thu 1 Mar, 2007 @ 6:51pm |
 Coolness: 71715 | i don't think that the concept of music label are bad at all.
personally they give me contract so i can't complain. and the artists i work for who "sell" their music to the label don't seem bothered either. i'm happy to be part of something and not be alone in my room doing nothing. i think it's a politique question... the music industry just reflect the planet system. even once i forget that i'm a leftist, and that my utopia's never going to happen, i just still can think that "wild" capitalisme (sauvage) is wrong... the music industry just reflect the planet system. it's fucked up. like it always been. voila |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD a répondu le Fri 2 Mar, 2007 @ 4:57pm |
| Coolness: 509670 | you don't need to accept that your utopia is never going to happen, you can DO something about it
and yeah labels can be useful, but in their current form, they are just greed mongers and buying clothes would still be fine with that question, the personel had to 'bring' the clothes to you, music is virtual, it no longer requires a specific medium. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ufot a répondu le Fri 2 Mar, 2007 @ 5:32pm |
 Coolness: 93210 | If anyone's ever seen a movie from the eighties called "american hot wax", well, I think they might have more realistic & or pertanent things to add to this thread... things have been wack for a long time folks, all Entertainment verticles are wack, its their nature, one big money monster with crooked teeth, eyes and brains... but wutever, things are changing, let just see how, for better or for worse...
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear a répondu le Fri 2 Mar, 2007 @ 11:20pm |
 Coolness: 2604095 | damn 59 million profile views... that is quite a profile... bots? |
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