Just Good Music

I have been saying this for a long time. A LONG time. And glad to see the debate continues. The interesting thing is that I think there ar massive parralels in the photography industry – of which I am currently part – its just that the lessons of music are not making their way over …. so meanwhile Lady Gaga (she of the music industry) – is now spokesperson for Polaroid (they of the Photographic Industry) –

Record Labels: Change or Die – record labels – Gizmodo

But at the end of the day, the saving grace of record labels might be a lot more basic than who gets what percentage of merchandise or who deals with distribution. The big question is this: do bands really want to try to make it completely on their own? As Bonacci says, “I don’t necessarily want to have all that nitty-gritty stuff to worry about. I’d rather just worry about making music. I don’t want to worry about numbers or distribution or marketing or publicity or anything like that. That sounds like a desk job. I used to have a desk job, that’s why I’m playing music. Now look at me. I sleep on couches.”

Passed on – with thanks to : John P (the other one)