The record labels are DEAD... a new age is upon us

[Magneto]

Welcome to the future

First they marked up CDs that cost $1 dollar and charge you $20, while starving the artist you loved in a slave contract

Then they tried to sue you for millions for downloading a song, but alas, they're were to many of us

Selling us Ring tones were the next cash out but now technology has advanced where you create your own at the press of a button

As the money slowed and the Internet expanded they began to panic, doing away with artistic integrity and forcing recording artists to put out a CD full of "Radio Hits" in an attempt to capture the single driven market on itunes

But they failed as the ever evolving music consumer continued to find new ways to get free music. They even ratted to the authorities forcing a net wide shutdown on many of our favorite sites and imprisoning our brother Kim dotcom as a maryr

But we persevered. They have their weapons and we have ours.

We are now witnessing the end of the record label.
The 360 deal was there last attempt to control the market but their artist are flopping left an right. Gold is the new platinum...how amusing.

The old guard is finished. The labels will die this year and radio will suffer the same fate unless they bend the knee

 

[chemicalsword]

fukk em....

 

[Lifer11]

This can be a great thing if we support the shows that artists' do in order to keep them motivated to make the kind of music the fans expect. If not it could cause the quality of music to continue to get worse.

 

[jerzboy]

Labels are doing fine. I believe there was an article about their increase in revenue over the years.

 

[Suicide King]

As the money slowed and the Internet expanded they began to panic, doing away with artistic integrity and forcing recording artists to put out a CD full of "Radio Hits" in an attempt to capture the single driven market on itunes

But they failed as the ever evolving music consumer continued to find new ways to get free music. They even ratted to the authorities forcing a net wide shutdown on many of our favorite sites and imprisoning our brother Kim dotcom as a maryr

But we persevered. They have their weapons and we have ours.

We are now witnessing the end of the record label.
The 360 deal was there last attempt to control the market but their artist are flopping left an right. Gold is the new platinum...how amusing.

The old guard is finished. The labels will die this year and radio will suffer the same fate unless they bend the knee

Record labels will never go away, but its crazy between the big 3, they only see $38 Billion per year. The industry is pretty small, considering 3 block buster movies can make that same amount of money.

Most rappers are staying unsigned, and dropping mixtapes & doing shows. No one is signing a rapper that doesn't have mass appeal in this environment. But that has not hold up progress, because the music comes frequent.

 

[Momentum]

You do know last year was the first year the music industry revenues actually expanded since the slump right?

They figured it out... feed the internet these hipster indy looking rappers and back them with quiet money while eating off tours and a 360.

Labels will be here to stay.

 

[cheek100]

 

[Mac Casper]

You conveyed your message in an effective way but it holds no basis in reality for you have little understanding of the powers that be behind the record labels. The record labels will fail when our country fails

 

[Mac Casper]

Record labels will never go away, but its crazy between the big 3, they only see $38 Billion per year. The industry is pretty small, considering 3 block buster movies can make that same amount of money.

Most rappers are staying unsigned, and dropping mixtapes & doing shows. No one is signing a rapper that doesn't have mass appeal.

What blockbuster movies are you talking about?

 

[Suicide King]

What blockbuster movies are you talking about?

Between box office, merchandising and DVD sells.

 

[stealthbomber]

You do know last year was the first year the music industry revenues actually expanded since the slump right?

They figured it out... feed the internet these hipster indy looking rappers and back them with quiet money while eating off tours and a 360.

Labels will be here to stay.

bolded yes.


underlined for sure.

and lol @ thinking labels are only eating off rap, thats small change to taylor swift, ke$ha, even daft punk is doing crazy numbers.

 

[L&HH]

What blockbuster movies are you talking about?

That nikka must be smacked. As many records as Avatar broke, that only did 3 billy...you'd be hard pressed to have a summer where three blockbusters total even do that number let alone 38 billion

 

[Edi]

once the CD is phased out, record labels could be pointless

but that won't happen for decades because a lot of people still use physical disks.

 

[Mowgli]

Diddy gonna get treated like a slave soon.

 

[Existential]

That nikka must be smacked. As many records as Avatar broke, that only did 3 billy...you'd be hard pressed to have a summer where three blockbusters total even do that number let alone 38 billion

I want to know if the 38 billion figure is even true.

Perhaps he means 3.8 billion?