by Anonymous Coward on Apr 11th, 2007 @ 9:54pm
the concept of a 'label' is going to mean something different as the idea of digital music/piracy continues to spiral and grow.the role of a label will ultimately transform into a marketing/sales venue, tied into managing apps for dealing with the various digital distribution networks.
there's really no reason to only have your song on a single site, for a single price.
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there will ultiamtely be the same content, on different networks/sites, for different price/sales points.
one network might have a deal with a movie/theater site, purchase a ticket, get the song for 10% off for a certain time of the day..
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another network/site, might have a different kind of deal..
i seriously doubt that anyone is going to provide 'song' insurance, although i can easily imagine that you could have a market where artists get to shop their song/album/package of songs for investors to provide up front cash to create the music, in exchange for a piece of the cash flow, and whatever rights are agreed to...
peace...
by on Apr 12th, 2007 @ 1:04am If you claim (and I agree) that talented your artists can mostly handle recording, promotion and distribution themselves, through a host of new services, then why would they sign up with a label in the first place?
With a dearth of new artists, who'll eventually become successful, how's a label-cum-insurance company make the kind of money needed to provide the so-called insurance to young artists?
Or are you saying that labels would become some kind of VCs - giving money to entrepreneurs - young artists in this case, to fund their first steps, and not much else besides some good connections (though they keep claiming otherwise).
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