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Re: I will ALWAYS rip you off Mr. Michael Greene Do you not get it? The ONLY way a band can make it big is by signing on with a big record company. It's either be a small, nobody band, or sell your creative talent COMPLETELY to a record company, tough choice. |
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| said by CitizenX:
Do you not get it? The ONLY way a band can make it big is by signing on with a big record company. It's either be a small, nobody band, or sell your creative talent COMPLETELY to a record company, tough choice.
I get it CitizenX. I have a fairly clear understanding of the situation.
Every industry has it's "rules". It appears that you do not agree with the "rules" of the recording industry so you have decided to violate established law (regardless of what you would like your reality to be there are laws against copyright infringement) as your protest against the rules that you do not like.
You have said it your self. The bands you are so worried about have CHOSEN to sell their music and the rights to it to the record labels of their choice. They must see some benefit and personal gain in the arrangement or they would not do it. If they sign these agreements without an understanding of what they are signing then they need to gain a better understanding of the business world they have chosen to work in.
If the bands felt the same way you did they would not enter into such agreements.
Perhaps you could become a manager for one of these bands and help to drive a legitimate reform of the recording industry. |
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| said by JustInit:
You have said it your self. The bands you are so worried about have CHOSEN to sell their music and the rights to it to the record labels of their choice. They must see some benefit and personal gain in the arrangement or they would not do it. If they sign these agreements without an understanding of what they are signing then they need to gain a better understanding of the business world they have chosen to work in.
Look up "Hobson's Choice". |
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| How is it they have no choice?
See the previous post regarding a band that chose to make their own CD and sell it for $5.
I do not disagree that there are some very serious problems with the recording industry. However, the fact remains that bands that sign with major record labels do so of their own free will and choice. Or did someone hold a gun to their head and force them?
I work in the television industry. If do not like the business environment I have chosen to work in I can choose to change what I do. So can you. So can a musician.
Or, if I get tired of working in a corporate environment I can choose to work as a free-lance consultant or system integrator.
There may be a situation where a musician is so poor and desperate that he feels he has no choice but to sign away the rights to his music but he still does so with the hope that his fortune will turn around.
My point is there is always a choice. The choice may not be a pleasant one or one that we would prefer but there is always a choice. For instance, rather than sign the rights to your music away to a major label you could choose to have it produced by a lesser known studio, or rent a studio and do it yourself.
Artists sign with major labels because they expect to reap a personal gain (bigger house, faster car, public recognition, whatever) from the deal. |
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