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Originally Posted by redvelvetstudios  it's funny that when the business was the most corrupt, bands and labels made the most money (kiss, van halen, etc, etc). gazilions of dollars in payola, misspent adventures and corporate greed (not to mention million dollar recording budgets, hookers and free flowing coke) and every one still walked away with way more then anyone could ever hope to see today... |
Sad. But true. Kind of explains why "they" leave organized crime alone. It does more good than harm.
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Originally Posted by glowworm i think it will eventually die and the only thing left will be independent labels for small nitch audiences. there is just no way to stop them from destroying themselves at this point. |
I agree. They have no idea how to stop the inevitable and all there really doing is making it worse.
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Originally Posted by Kadden Heart the only thing we can hope for is people to start buying records again, |
That's already happening. People are buying more music thru iTunes rather than stealing it thru P2P. It's just not going to catch up. Subscription based is inevitable. It will be fair too. Everyone will get paid. Just nowhere near enough.
The supply and demand of this industry just doesn't equal out. More and more people want to be engineers and producers. Even more want to make music. Music fans have not grown by the same proportion. Not even close. So you have all these fans trying to divide their time between their favorite 100 bands. Years ago it might have been 5 or 6 bands. So each Artist gets a smaller piece of the pie. Even if that pie was as big as it used to be. But due to P2P stealing, the pie is smaller. Engineers and Producers also have tons of work with all these bands. But nowhere near enuff money to do the work. So you have to make records quicker or starve.
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Originally Posted by Mitch97 Let's start talking about solutions.
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To what? The industry? The industry doesn't behave as one living organism. Kind of like saying "The black population feel like xxxx". There's no such thing. Everyone acts as individuals and behaves in ways that serve there own interests.
From a personal or individual perspective, you (we) need to find a way to make a living in this current climate. Pretty simple. You (we) can't rely on how things used to work. Monetize yourself and your contribution. Seek out clients that either make money or have a good chance of making money. Find avenues that are still flourishing rather than doing the same thing that everyone else is doing. Look at Jules. I'm not going to guess at his current income situation but he has created a business that could not exist just 10 years ago. Based on music. There are many opportunities out there. Yes. It's easier to just do what the people before us did, but if you think about it, even they had to do it differently. Life is change. People seek comfort.
Enjoy.