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If Your Aim As An Artist Is To Purely Chase A Record Deal As A Means To Succeeding In This Business,
If your aim as an artist is to purely chase a record deal as a means to succeeding in this business, I will tell you right now that you are doomed for failure. You can throw all the trumped up statistics around that you want, but fundamentally your chances of actually landing a record deal are extremely slim. Furthermore, your chances of actually making money directly from that deal are pretty much zero.
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The battle for American music lovers heated up Thursday as Spotify lifted listening limits on U.S. users of its free, ad-supported service. When it launched in the U.S. in July, Spotify said it would offer six months of free, unlimited listening to U.S. users but impose time limits thereafter. But the limits were never actually put in place. Nine months later, U.S. users are still listening without the time limits that were outlined in July.
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This is a brilliant 'must-read' post from Emmanuel LeGrand in which he sums up the thoughts of many very successful web 2.0 savvy music indsutry people on how to make yourself a success in the modern music world.
It ends up being a 10 step method which talks about creating great music, connecting with fans, collecting email addresses and so on.
At it's core it has this message which applies today as much as it did 30 years ago:
In the mid-80s, Island Records – then still independent and owned by Chris Blackwell – sent to all its affiliates around the world a poster which showed a colourful drawing of an island with a coconut tree surrounded by the sea. The tag line was: “A terrible thing happens when you don't promote...” The answer came in the form of one word in very small font size: “…nothing!”
There is no reason to believe that what was valid three decades ago does not apply today. It would be a mistake to think that because some music exists, it will find it audience just by the simple merit of being available. Now, as it was then, something terrible happens if you don’t promote…nothing!
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When a crisis occurs a council of thought leaders are appointed to define the problems, develop a recovery strategy, and carry out a comprehensive action plan for restoration. The Restoring Music Foundation (RMF) was created for this very purpose. The RMF’s mission is to restore the value of music all across the supply chain.
With that in mind, let us identify the main problems that have threatened to destroy the vision that was born on the streets of Tin Pan Alley. Here they are, finally all in one place and in no particular order.
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