Interesting! I am actually out a few of my musician friends by making videos for them. It kind of blend the two worlds together.
As far as independent film makers getting away from the middle man, I feel that now more then ever people are able to promote their videos without a middle man at all. In fact I would say that the video is ahead of the music industry in this trend. Shawn Carpenter http://spcbrass.wordpress.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just read this good blog post: > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070923-barrier-bustin-internet-may-lead-to-a-music-industry-middle-class.html > > The premise is that there is a burgeoning class of musicians are > forming direct relationships with their fans. This cuts out the > agency middle men...and all the high costs of promotion. Independent > musicians can then hope to make a living by selling their own music > and doing live performances. > > Reading the article, I wonder if you could apply the same logic to > online video. Do independent video makers need to rely on advertising > models....continuing the same relationship to a bloated middle man? Or > will a different relationship develop between people watching and the > people who make the stuff they want to watch? > > jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
