Money in the Music Business

paulbd writes: "Electronic Musician has a good article on the economics of selling music on CDs. Its a sobering read that gives some of the hard numbers that do a little to counter the sense of record companies being vultures. Recommended for anyone who seriously imagines making a living from selling music."

Compare to Albini's "The Problem With Music"

[no_such_user]

Compare this to Steve Albini [allmusic.com]'s somewhat infamous "The Problem With Music" article which appeared in print a few years ago. Here are links to it: (note that these are links to the same article -- pick one at random)

http://www.mp3.com/news/222.html [mp3.com]
http://www.musicalevolution.8k.com/albini.htm [8k.com]
http://www.negativland.com/albini.html [negativland.com]
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/albini .html [ram.org]
http://www.musicianassist.com/archive/article/ART/ a-1098-1.htm [musicianassist.com]

It is unfortunate they are so stupis to be sure

[Zero__Kelvin]

" Unfortunately for them, the Napster unpleasantness has merely exacerbated that characterization."

Unfortunate for them? Yes ... I have a friend who recently poked his own eye out in hopes of winning a lawsuit. It was very unfortunate for him ;^}

If I ever need the services of that law firm...

[Dr. Awktagon]

Eric Leach is an intellectual property and business law attorney at the firm of Goodman and Leach.

Good Man or Leech? I think I'd like to talk to Mr. Good Man please!!

Re:Not all record companies are evil

[praxim]

And, of course, Sister Machine Gun's [smg.org] own indie company, Positron! Records [positronrecords.com], is quite cool as well. They're always sure to throw in tons of free stuff and the shipping is faster than light.

Oh, yeah, and the music's great.