I would like to participate in a project that brings recorded music to the masses in a more ethical manner. I think that the current dominant system is terribly exploitive of both the artist and the listener. I will add more thoughts later, but I'm at work now...
I'm at a point where multiple threads of concern/interest of mine are sort of converging. The link from the title is to the "business aims" page of a business concern created by Robert Fripp, the longtime guitarest in the many iterations and formations of the progressive rock group, King Crimson.
Right now, I am employed at a Linux-centric firm. The details aren't really important here; I certainly may elaborate on what we do and what I do in another post. The relevance here is that Linux is an open source project, the full explanation of which I'm not sure I want to attempt here...
Let's see, I need to talk about "Courtney Does the Math" to outline how horribly the industry exploits the artists; price fixing, wherein the industry exploits the end product consumer; the evils of the RIAA, etc...
I'm not quite sure where I am headed with this yet. More later.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3918234
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Circumventing the Oligarchy
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Eno and Gabriel recently attended a conference in which they sete forth their intentions to get the ball rolling on just such a topic.
It is my feeling and experience that those who benefit the most from such distribution plans are established musicians, ie. they already have a fan base for whom there is an active interest. That doesn't mean, however, that there is any other alternative at this point.
There just aren't a lot of "good guy" label/distributors out there who are willing to promote artistic product without stealing it first.
http://www.martyrslive.com/
TU in Chicago on November the Twenty-somethin(th/rd).
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/050516ta_talk_surowiecki
Try this interesting link. It is an article in the New Yorker, "The Financial Page/ Hello Cleveland" in Talk of the town.
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