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Originally Posted by gold sounds  Um, look at any band on the jam band circuit, look at Radiohead now without a label (live revenues particularly), hell look at the always awful Insane Clown Posse. These are bands without labels who are making lots of money. It may not be hookers and blow money from the good days, but I'm happy that musicians aren't rewarded with money waterfalls anymore; it helps keep everyone humble and working harder to just care about the music. |
And why do a lot of people know who Radiohead are? Because they were on a major label who marketed them heavily. Same with NIN and others who got their visibility on the label's marketing dime and now are able to go out on their own, because people already know who they are.
So who out there is as big as Radiohead (who isn't THAT big either) without ever having been with a label?