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| reply to pnh102
Re: RIAA is a joke.
I will agree that trent can offord to give his music away because hes already well established. His first album, Pretty Hate Machine, came out in 1988! (Which was recorded in Cleveland!! WHOO!)
A few years ago I get into producing electronic music. It was of an ambient/expiremental sound. All of my songs were released for free on the internet through sites like PureVolume and MySpace. And while I was doing it I networked with tons of other independent artists.
I would say its definitly possible with the tools available to artists today to get your name out there and start playing shows for money.
I have a friend who's brother has been doing solo gigs for years now. Hes recorded a few songs with other local artists but they've never sold any CD's. They have however been on tour and not only played locally at coffee shops and what not but they've also been to other states performing with other bands. He's a pretty mysterious person but he only works one day a week delivering pizza on the slowest night of the week and he can still survive.
My point is hes making money and he isn't selling CD's. In fact I think he could be doing even better if he really promoted himself more on the internet.
It would be very difficult to achieve the level of success that Trent Reznor has off of just going with these indie artist sites alone, but you can make a career out of it without help from a record label. |
