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

[NotaPAWG]

http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-revenue-drops-to-record-low-140610/

the music business needs a new model

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articl...-music-business-can-learn-from-the-gaming-and

 

[CashmereThoughts]

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.

decades? i don't know anybody that uses CDs not even my pops.

their already making cars with out CD players, computer manufacturers are shipping PCs with out CD rom drives. 5 years before stores stop carrying CDs. its over

 

[Edi]

decades? i don't know anybody that uses CDs not even my pops.

their already making cars with out CD players, computer manufacturers are shipping PCs with out CD rom drives. 5 years before stores stop carrying CDs. its over

true,

my post was kind of naive anyway, record labels are finding new ways to control the market. Like the Youtube deal. All these big businesses are in it together.

 

[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 in this environment. But that has not hold up progress, because the music comes frequent.

They wish they saw $38 billion a year, the music industry isn't worth that amount yet but it will be

 

[3rdWorld]

Music quality dropped dramatically the very moment when cd's died..theres a technological revolution yeah, and its rightly punishing the record labels but the soundtrack to this revolution is trash.

 

[h2o_proof]

This is why it's so frustrating that Hip-Hop hasn't created more billionaires by now. Even though the music industry is on a continuous downslide, Hip-Hop as a culture sells billions of dollars worth of merchandise, movies, clothing, cars, shoes, as well as music. The downfall of the music industry is really just a microcosm of our issues of lack of ownership and lack of control of market share. My continual struggle with art vs. commerce

 

[Mac Casper]

Music quality dropped dramatically the very moment when cd's died..theres a technological revolution yeah, and its rightly punishing the record labels but the soundtrack to this revolution is trash.

Refer to the second page of this thread - http://www.thecoli.com/threads/will...ic-or-is-streaming-here-to-stay.222747/page-2

As you can see I predicted music industry's next level of recourse

 

[Rigby.]

So what, rappers just gonna give out free albums? who wins then

 

[Rigby.]

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.

This is my thought process

Because it all depends if you come out to shows

 

[doublenegative]

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

Let em cook

 

[ROFL_GUY]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyow...it-the-music-industrys-newest-business-model/

 

[Mac Casper]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyow...it-the-music-industrys-newest-business-model/

Dude on the right looks like a porn star that one of my girls worked with

 

[Taadow]

lol.. I feel like you should have ended this rant with CAAAAAN YOOOUUU DIIIIIIIG ITTTT

I was gonna say, it seemed more ominous coming from someone with the SN "Magneto".

 

[360dagod]

sounds like one of these y2k shock posts

 

[observe]

Uhhh..CDs cost more than a dollar.,.more like $4 per cd including the jewel case and artwork..than distribution..add some more dollars on top of that..