The only way artists can get around that is to form collectives which gives
them more people power and certain rolls can be divided up. What has been
working within the indie rock world is smaller labels joining forces and
creating their own distribution network. It also provides some protection
from having to sell to a larger company.
MEK
"Jernej Marusic"
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09/23/03 10:08 AM Subject: RE: (313) was
groovetech now itunes
If artists/labels start selling music online by themselves, on their one
web
page, how are you going to find it?
It would work for establish artists/labels, because people would be
searching for their music, but lets say someone totally new appears. He
set's up a web page, puts his music online, and nothing happens. It's the
same as if he would record CDRs, go in front of his house and sell them
there (ok, a bit easier to get to him over internet :), but you get the
picture.
Like it or not, there will always be some middle man.
Jernej
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonathan morse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 21. oktober 2003 15:57
> To: Lester Kenyatta Spence; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: (313) was groovetech now itunes
>
>
> I was thinking along that lines too, but in this case apple
> and their itunes
> music store are still a middle man in as much as a record label or
> distributor is a middle man. the artist who sells their wares
> through iTMS
> still only recieves a cut of the .99 cents per track just as they only
> receive a cut of the selling price regradless if its
> wholesale or retail
> from a 'hard copy' release. I would guess that the day isnt
> too far off when
> you see artists/labels selling their output direct to
> consumers online using
> a similar business plan, especially given the advent of
> technologies like
> final scratch. yes, there is somethng to be said for a slab
> of vinyl but the
> overheads and prfofit margins for establishing and operating a
> direct-dowload label would have to be better than for a
> traditional label I
> would think, even if only slightly, which still puts more money in the
> pocket of the artist/label owner.
>
> personally, I know I much prefer being able to listen to the
> tracks on line
> from a 12" or LP and purchase only the ones I want at a buck
> a pop (see the
> poker flat web site) vice dropping $10 - $20 bucks for the
> actual release in
> a retail outlet for the other tracks I didn¹t want
>
>
