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Originally Posted by olivia_nb  Agreed. My only thought on that though, are the ridiculously huge amounts of money spent in the past required today to develop a product at the same level? The cost and accessibility of gear alone would suggest not. Not to mention the cost of distribution of the product, no more tiers of middle men and expensive physical reproduction, shipping, etc. |
Agreed.
I guess what I'm referring to is more the old dinosaurs still trying to operate the old way, under the new lay of the land. No interesting artists are being developed as much as they used to be, and the copycat artists are worse than ever.
Good times for savvy indie artists who can do it all. Write, Record, Mix, produce, sell, book, play, self manage....
I guess, if we consider that the scale has been tipped a bit, and less artists fall under the umbrella of the commercial music industry than ever before, then the statistics aren't as severe.
Maybe back in 2000, something like 10% of artists operating were indie and nowadays, it's probably pushing closer to something like 30%. Alot of under the table sales are happening.. direct from websites, more show sales. Plus, the 25$ cd is gone and anyone buying an album off Itunes is probably paying 10$ on average, so even if sales are down, the mere fact that the prices have dropped significantly will affect the result.
I hope I made myself clear with that.
I guess my point is, we're not comparing apples to apples, anymore. 2000 is a long ways off, technologically speaking.