mainstream music is in a rough spot right now, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
and is that light Urban Fetch?
wasn\'t what i meant, lol. there are just some really cool upcoming business endeavors in the works that i know about that look like they\'re going to save the music business and allow artists AND the business folks to be able to make money and develop themselves in the current market.
are you talking about spotify?
not what i was talking about specifically, but subscription based services like spotify that utilize ad revenue to pay artist royalties are HUUUUUUUGE step in the right direction. it\'s been talked about in the music biz for a while but it\'s taken some time for people to have the balls to make the change.
i\'m talking about a new record label launching this fall that can completely revolutionize the way artists, managers, producers, engineers, booking agents, etc. do business. they\'ve already got some huge names behind it and thanks to a team of nasa engineers (i shit you not), they\'re also utilizing the latest in information/web technology to create boatloads of new and creative revenue streams for artists and the like. they also have created a system that will allow bands that are gaining momentum to be almost "automatically" discovered and given access to better resources. wouldn\'t it be great if a band didn\'t have to play for almost 10 years without getting noticed by the people who have the power?