I have to disagree. Labels are so omnipresent that until very recently, you couldn't get any sales unless you were attached to a big record label. In many ways it was a 4-company monopoly.
Now things are easier for independent labels, but it's still very one-sided. The big names need to be attached to a big label, and that means they're going to have to get screwed.
I don't agree. We were able to get sales (including international sales) by being on a tiny label run out of a guy's 1 bedroom, ant infested apt in chicago in 1999.
I agree large labels make it possible to make a good living, but even back in the day it was possible to eek out a living by touring constantly and getting distribution from a one-man label.
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I have to disagree. Labels are so omnipresent that until very recently, you couldn't get any sales unless you were attached to a big record label. In many ways it was a 4-company monopoly.
Now things are easier for independent labels, but it's still very one-sided. The big names need to be attached to a big label, and that means they're going to have to get screwed.
I don't agree. We were able to get sales (including international sales) by being on a tiny label run out of a guy's 1 bedroom, ant infested apt in chicago in 1999.
I agree large labels make it possible to make a good living, but even back in the day it was possible to eek out a living by touring constantly and getting distribution from a one-man label.