Technically Speaking

While the music biz thinks that a taxation of everyone is the way to go, the backlash is quite evident. The music biz needs the slave musician in order to survive. The case in point is heard 1000 times over and more so these days by any smart band, you don’t need a label in order to make a living in the biz. Now even though 50 cent had the leverage of a big label, he too realizes that he can build his own fan base without a big label.

The key of course is how badly the musician wants to work in the new music biz vs the old “Please sign my band!” regime that dominated for many years. If you want slavery, sign a recording contract and watch your dreams tumble when you don’t meet the accountants bottom line. It’s not worth it. You can be free and record your own music and still distribute it, tour, merch - merch - merch your band - and keep all the proceedings for yourself.

Now we see that you can also build your own “mailing list” these days and have your fan base to yourself also. I think the new business model for the music biz requires a little work, but the tools are all there. The question you have to ask yourself is - do you want to do the legwork and use the tools, or would you rather succumb to music biz slavery?

Technically Speaking, if I was still an active musician in a band, I would do the first as the tools abound everywhere, and you don’t have to sign a slave contract in order to do what you want to do - play your music and tour the world.

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