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Originally posted by kenshiro2012
The reason that I am against them is that their argument is that it is stealing from the artists. This is "technically" true. Unfortunately, what they forget to tell you is that the artist gets pais laess than 1 cent from the sale of a cd. The rest of the cost goes to to the record company, who by the way make up the RIAA
Originally posted by Dasher
my point is, that the labels are not terrible people. THEY ARE BUSINESSMEN. and without them, there would not be any "popular" music. artists like the beatles would never have been more than a great garage band and you wouldn't know their name today!
Originally posted by billybob
not only do record companies steal the lion's share of profit(i disagree with nearly everything dasher said), but they pay ZERO percent of the cost for production. they are lone sharks and racketeers.
another huge leech on the muse of music is ticketmaster. you've got to take a bloody mortgage out to buy a concert ticket, these days. once again, it's not for the artists, it's for the hordes of parasites that live off the FANATICISM of popular culture.
Originally posted by redmage
Ani Difranco is a perfect example of how "the system" can be circumvented, by talented and driven artists, to a successful career in the music industry; so I would suggest taking your own advice and "don't act so self-righteous".
Originally posted by Dasher
firstly, you can disagree all you want, but it doesn't change the verity of my words. based on your statements, it sounds as though you may have been involved with or know someone involved with a "production" label which does not fund a RECORDING but will PRODUCE (as in musical direction) an artist and then take as much money as possible in the process. whether by cd sales or from a signing bonus, etc. a record label, by definition PAYS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ENTIRE RECORD and it's outerlying components. otherwise, it would not be a RECORDING label.
the reason live show tickets cost so much is that since the industry has been slammed with thievery (online downloading), cd sales drop, the artists do not make enough to get out of debt AND make a profit, so they have to survive some how.
can record labels be equated to LOAN sharks... i guess some might blindly judge as such, but THEY ARE NOT THE ONES RISKING MILLIONS AT A TIME. if you had a million dollars to spend/invest, would you give it to some "aritist" (who are typically considered unreliable and "flaky") you have no close ties to so that they can spend it on album production, mastering, replication, advertising and a music video? with no stong promise of return??????!!!!!!!!!!! record labels are in most ways stupid business (unreasonably high risk). don't blame the music industry for trying to stay alive, when you buy food from corporations selling you the cheapest/most processed thing possible and thereby destroying our bodies from the inside!!!! there are greater crimes to whine about in this world!
know what i have to show for our small success?
memories. the label folded when the ditribution company kept going through take overs and mergers and just overall BS business deals. our second album never came out and by the time we had major label and mini-major label interest, the band seperated ways.
it's the way the game is played. and i am thankful for my time in the industry.
Originally posted by Dasher
please don't use an exceptional situation to justify a point as a "reasonably obtained" path.
Originally posted by billybob
did ya get a day job? give up on music? industry too fickle? feel like you were robbed?
Originally posted by redmage
Your claim that there would "not be any "popular" music" is rediculous.
I simply pointed out a valid example of how "the system" can be circumvented by talented and driven artists, there are others as well; and with the advances in technology it has only become easier since the days that Ani, and others, have done it.
Originally posted by redmage
Alas, people are not "in it for the music" as often now as they are out to make a quick buck.
They believe a big label signing is there "ticket home" to the promised land.
Originally posted by redmage
Even your own story in the christian music industry shows the way business can corrupt the process; "the label folded when the ditribution company kept going through take overs and mergers and just overall BS business deals." so again "don't act so self-righteous".
Originally posted by Dasher
Originally posted by billybob
did ya get a day job? give up on music? industry too fickle? feel like you were robbed?
your ignorance is quite humorous and frustrating and i refuse to continue arguing with someone who is not willing to learn from experience. but nevertheless, i thought this last question should be answered simply due to the irony of it! i now own and operate a recording studio. i work with artists DAY IN AND DAY OUT. most of the "destruction of good music" happens when musicians (WHO ARE USUALLY FLAKY AND UNRELIABLE) cause their own demise!!!!! but, i suppose you and redmage know better!! BWAAHAHAHAHA!!!!
in fact, yesterday i mastered three different albums and today will mix 1 album, start the graphic layout for the cd replication and also master a seperate album as well. BUT WHAT THE HELL DO I KNOW ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY? HAHAHA.
Originally posted by Dasher
popular music would be fairly likely to grow
Originally posted by Dasher
it would end up collapsing in on itself. look to the seattle music scene for example. everyone switching bands, starting new ones and giving up on the old one...."bands" as we know it would be uncommon.
Originally posted by Dasher
Originally posted by redmage
Alas, people are not "in it for the music" as often now as they are out to make a quick buck.
and you blame the record industry for artists wanting to "get rich or die trying?"