Posted by Zombie Wolf on 10/25/05 20:07

This will never happen. How will the artist even become well-known enough to
sell his music , without a giant organization with money bulging out of its
pockets to pay to "promote" them ? Promoting these artists costs millions,
an investment the recording industy is only willing to make if they are
reasonably sure the artist will make MORE than they will have to invest to
promote him. "Art" has been boiled down into accounting numbers. Take a look
at the artists who DO post their "free" music on the internet right now, and
tell me how many of them are "making it", either financially or in terms of
fame.... You will find the very few that are have "signed up" with a label
somwhere. This fantasy of artists being able to sell their art directly over
the internet without some kind of intervening organization to support and
promote them, is a pipe dream.
"Angrie.Woman" <Angrie.Woman@ggmail.com> wrote in message
news:cIp7f.1909$jV2.673@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> MAO wrote:
>> I take comfort in knowing that all the recording company will be filing
>> for bankrupcy soon as and artist can upload his music and I can buy it
>> right from him no record company needed.
>>
>> then no record companys no riaa
>>
>
> There was a Doonesbury cartoon a while ago, where a minion was suggesting
> to an executive that in the future the music would be essentially free,
> and the income would be generated by touring and live performances.
>
> (The executive said "Then where will we get our divas?" The underling
> replied "Opera, like it used to be.")
>
> A

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