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If you are a noname, nobody band, you need a label to get known.
Do you?
Starting to see these groups (Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson and NIN come to mind), taking new artists in under their wing and pushing out product under their own "labels" (the semantic definition of which isn't the point) focused on artists. Nobody had ever heard of Saul Williams six months ago until Reznor promoted him. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by Karl Bode: quote:
If you are a noname, nobody band, you need a label to get known.
Do you? Absolutely.
said by Karl Bode:Starting to see these groups (Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson and NIN come to mind), taking new artists in under their wing and pushing out product under their own labels. "Nobody" had ever heard of Saul Williams six months ago until Reznor promoted him. Emphasis mine. Saul Williams still needed a label to become known. In this case, it was Trent Reznor's label.
The Internet has been part of the mainstream for quite sometime now. However, we still have yet to see any act go from nothing to something without a label.
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 ArmainaNot every saint is a foolPremium
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Tempe, AZ | said by pnh102:The Internet has been part of the mainstream for quite sometime now. However, we still have yet to see any act go from nothing to something without a label. yet
Personally I think we'll start to see more start to make it on their own as they start to learn how to really use the resources available. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | I'm certainly not dismissing the possibility. I'm just surprised it has taken so long for it to happen.
I still think that labels are relevant, even if selling CDs is no longer going to be their core business. Someone has to promote an act, after all.
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 LilYodaFeline with squirel personality disorderPremium
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Mountains | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:However, we still have yet to see any act go from nothing to something without a label. Not sure how popular she is in the states, but I think that's more or less what Lily Allen has done in Europe...
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Allen
She had a first label contract, that got her nowhere. She then got another one that got her £25000, but no help to make the album or promote it. She then gained exposure by posting her music on her MySpace page.
I do agree that it is an exception, and not the norm
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