Comment Re:Why are we still buying music? (Score 1) 231
To be sure, you've picked apart my rant well ;)
As you said, artists are in it for the money, and even though the contracts don't end up producing a significant net gain for the artists, they certainly don't set them back $25K. Plus, paying that kind of money to record a set of 15 tracks and then distributing them for free in the hopes that you'll be able to draw a crowd at concerts is not what most would consider a strong business model.
After some reflection, I would say that the real issue is not that what I proposed is impossible, simply that it is not viable to the majority of artists until a few have already paved the way, and consumers of music become accustomed to pursuing music produced this way.
As you said, artists are in it for the money, and even though the contracts don't end up producing a significant net gain for the artists, they certainly don't set them back $25K. Plus, paying that kind of money to record a set of 15 tracks and then distributing them for free in the hopes that you'll be able to draw a crowd at concerts is not what most would consider a strong business model.
After some reflection, I would say that the real issue is not that what I proposed is impossible, simply that it is not viable to the majority of artists until a few have already paved the way, and consumers of music become accustomed to pursuing music produced this way.
