Austinist: Hots On #9: Sound Off

guest

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:43:28 -0600

In some ways, there are new moneymaking opportunities that never existed before where previous ones have dried up. There's nothing stopping an artist from putting their music up on cd baby, the orchard, etc. and taking profits that used to go to middlemen.

JohnM

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:23:45 -0600

Artists are getting shafted with or without file sharing because they get such a low cut of a record sale anyways. Record labels, esp. the majors, use file sharing as a scapegoat for poor record sales when I believe they get less sales because of a poorer product. There's an increasingly large number of stamp-printed acts designed to fit with the current trend and make a quick buck, there's no soul behind their music. I think the consumer is just catching on, and not throwing their money away on crap. Sorry, this probably wasn't relevant to the topic, it's just my standard industry's-full-of-shit rant.

guest

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:24 -0600

There is absolutely NO GOOD REASON why ASCAP and BMI aren't paying us working songwriters a direct 1:1 payment (meaning each time our song is played, we get paid). This "statistical sampling" crap was believable in the stone age, but we've come a long way with technology. Use Sound Exchange to actually pay the artists and not just the corporate labels. Don't get me started...

piltdownman

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:51:53 -0600

Being a musician these days, it seems even more likely than times past, you'll be slinging grub in a restaurant for the rest of your dismal life. A broad generalization no doubt, but I suspect truer than ever. Flash-in-the-pans may be at an all time high due to the very web content mentioned. That only means more people for the service industry...

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:04:41 -0600

It seems like record labels aren't signing artists like they use to, and they're basically the financial backing for up-and-coming artists. With the majority of consumers buying MP3's at $.99 a pop, phyiscal albums are becoming a thing of the past aren't they? It seems that Management and booking agencies are going to take the roll of record labels. And then touring and building a fan base is the only thing i can think of that'll help a band succeed...but how do you tour if you have no money to begin with?

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:21:20 -0600

With the 3 billion bands online these days and the fact that only a few here and there have become popular due in large part to their internet presence, I'd say the situation is more or less the same. Getting lucky should be #1 on your list. Or knowing someone.

kenneth1

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:11:29 -0600

OK. I hereby revoke my hipster credentials.

matthew dewitt

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:29:24 -0600

A: Children. No, really 'slay live' is a silly term used to describe bands that play good live shows, but I meant it unironically.

kenneth1

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:22:49 -0600

"Slay live" what? Slay live bats or slay live puppies?