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From Dismuke: "... My guess is the artists themselves will
be the ones who will finance their own recordings and
they will basically beg people to take/and or listen
to them in the exact same way that companies today are
eager to pay for and hand out their brochures,
business cards and advertisements to as many people as
possible."
And where exactly do you propose that artists are likely to get this money
not to mention enough experience to learn how to communicate effectively? My
guess is that most will choose a different career except for the few who can
attract corporate patronage. To a great extent this has already happened and
the result is the new music that nobody considers worth buying we hear on
commercial radio.
Once you get past all of their flowery, romantic populist sounding
propaganda about the internet, the Silicon Valley investment banking
community has killed the goose that laid the golden egg in order to float a
few more initial public offerings fueled by offering yesterday's music for
free. The biggest losers are tomorrows music fans and the next generation of
gifted performers.
Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control
Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined!
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