The Day The (streaming) Music Died

Yeah, I was reading about this royalty legislation that the record companies are trying to pass through. I don't think it will get passed, but it's still really worrisome.

jag
 
what really does it for me is that there's hundreds of posts on threads about dead wrestlers, losing soccer games, released useless celebrities and here we have one of the greatest things to have been brought up by the internet is in danger of being killed thanks to corporate greed

how many artists have you discovered thanks to streaming radio? how many albums?
 
It's all about GREED. The record executives private jets and mulitple mansions and exotic cars are not going to pay for themselves.
 
This will never end as long as record companies are in control of the artists music. I'd like to see more artists ditching the majors (for legal reasons, waiting for contracts to expire of course) and moving to releasing their albums theirselves. Sadly, many (though i'm definitly sure not most) are too happy with the perks they get from said companies to do anything about it. There are distribution companies that will put your albums into stores for you (for a small charge) and at the same time you still have complete control of all the other ways you can distribute it yourself.

music needs to be DIY!!!
 
has anyone taken action yet?

it takes just the same time and effort that it would take to make a post here, and it's an actually good cause
 
has anyone taken action yet?

it takes just the same time and effort that it would take to make a post here, and it's an actually good cause

Yeah, I actually wrote my congressmen when I read about the legislation a couple of weeks ago. Greedy a-hole record companies. :cmad:

jag
 
what really does it for me is that there's hundreds of posts on threads about dead wrestlers,

You're saying that a man who killed himself and his family are less important than the loss of internet radio?:huh:
 
I'm more concerned about the internet in danger of no longer being free anymore, than losing radio on the net.
 
You're saying that a man who killed himself and his family are less important than the loss of internet radio?:huh:
in the few years of internet radio I have found much more artistic expression than in the last 20 years worth of professional wrestling

if you make me choose between watching juiced up athletes slam each other on what is clearly a scripted medium (at least boxers do beat the crap out of each other), "acting" really predictable story lines, amongst other ditties that they do or sit down to listen to an endless stream of music, most of which I had never listened to, well, at least I feel amused, surprised and interested each and every time I sit down and listen

besides, I have bought many albums and discovered a lot of music thanks to this seemingly unimportant medium
 
So should I call my congressman or write a letter... Letter writing seems far more professional than simply calling...
 
Record companies don't understand it and are not up with "today," so what they don't understand is that the greed play will never work. People will continue to find ways to get their music. The industry has changed and is never going back and major labels refuse to evolve along with it. CD sales are in the toilet because people are obtaining their content online, both legally and illegally. Few people want 12-16 tracks from an album when they know that 75% of them are filler. They want the hottest 2-4 songs from an album and yet record companies continue to push CD's.

Because of this, you've already began to see a dumping of artists. Majors are simply corporate entities and bottom line is all that matters. If you can't sell 500K plus, you probably won't get a second chance - and it's almost thank goodness for the hard working artist. I just opened the Chicago office of an independent label and as bad as the industry seems to be right now, as in indie, I'm ecstatic about the talent that we are going to be able to work with. No one is selling tonnage anymore because the majors have created a vaccuous system where no one can obtain staying power. They've pushed acts into arenas that should be playing 1,000 seat houses. As an indie, I'm happy to take an artist that sells 200K consistently and let them grow and develop organically, with more control of what they produce and a fan base that is consistent and die-hard.

Read anything by Bob Lefsetz and you'll see the trends.
 
^^^^

That's pretty well spot on, MMM. The big record companies have been operating off of a business model that was developed in the 40's and 50's and has evolved very little since then. Every time it starts to fall apart, they run to their government friends through their lobbyists and ask for legislative help with keeping their bloated, dying business model afloat. They screw artists to the wall, don't pay them even a fraction of the proceeds from their hard work, and often dump them before they can get really big and therefore able to call more of their own shots contractually. It's a sick, sick business and I loathe it. The more artists that release their own music through the very viable channels that are in place today, or turn to indie labels who will treat them right, the better. I'd love to see the money burning marketing machines that comprise the Big 5 record companies go down in flames.

jag
 
I don't stream, I just download without paying.
I usually listen to several internet radio stations, and if there's an artist that catches my attention I usually download their album, if the album is really good, meaning at least 80% of the songs are good, then I'll buy it, if it just has a couple of good songs, I keep the mp3s and buy something else
 
I download ALOT of music, and if it's something that I actually like, I ALWAYS buy it. This is a horrible shame. :(
 
12 hours at work and no radiomargaritaville.com. Somebody shoot me. I'm definitely firing an e-mail to my congressman.
 

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