Posted by anthonyberet on 10/25/05 22:09

Zombie Wolf wrote:
> 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.

Check this story out:


Arctic Monkeys reach No 1 thanks to internet

Sam Jones
Monday October 24, 2005
The Guardian

A Sheffield rock band who used the internet to build a loyal fanbase and
a record contract were celebrating last night after their first fully
marketed single topped the charts.

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, by Arctic Monkeys, knocked the
Sugababes into the No 2 spot. The group is one of a growing number of
bands to have harnessed the marketing power of the internet.

Over the past three years Arctic Monkeys have built a following by
talking to fans online and encouraging people to swap their songs. The
band were signed to Domino Records, the home of Franz Ferdinand, in May.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/netmusic/story/0,,1599504,00.html

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