Comments on: music blogs will not be the new record labels http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/04/music-blogs-will-not-be-the-new-record-labels music . media . web. culture Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nuzz http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/04/music-blogs-will-not-be-the-new-record-labels#comment-65621 Nuzz Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:22:45 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1431#comment-65621 Once there's money involved, anything pure becomes corrupted. I blog to blog not to flog! Once there’s money involved, anything pure becomes corrupted. I blog to blog not to flog!

]]> By: Ethan Bauley http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/04/music-blogs-will-not-be-the-new-record-labels#comment-65175 Ethan Bauley Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:11:55 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1431#comment-65175 Good points. Gerd's post makes no sense..."social nets are the new broadcasters"? I see where he is going with that, but it's not constructive. It is true, however, that many of the record label's previous functions have been atomized (especially distribution...TuneCore, CDbaby, Amazon Advantage, Amazon FWS, Redeye, etc). I will enjoy continuing to watch the disaggregation of all of this. What I like about the new landscape is that enables anyone to jump onto the value chain whereever they want/can add the most value. I wrote an article on this on the TuneCore blog last week: http://tunecore.typepad.com/tunecorner/2008/04/musical-freedom.html Looking forward to picking up yer feed ;-) Peace, Ethan Good points. Gerd’s post makes no sense…”social nets are the new broadcasters”? I see where he is going with that, but it’s not constructive.

It is true, however, that many of the record label’s previous functions have been atomized (especially distribution…TuneCore, CDbaby, Amazon Advantage, Amazon FWS, Redeye, etc).

I will enjoy continuing to watch the disaggregation of all of this. What I like about the new landscape is that enables anyone to jump onto the value chain whereever they want/can add the most value.

I wrote an article on this on the TuneCore blog last week:

http://tunecore.typepad.com/tunecorner/2008/04/musical-freedom.html

Looking forward to picking up yer feed ;-)

Peace,

Ethan

]]> By: JWallace http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/04/music-blogs-will-not-be-the-new-record-labels#comment-65137 JWallace Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:08:37 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1431#comment-65137 @Dave, cheers for pointing out what SHOULD be obvious to anybody who pays attention to music blogs and the industry for longer than five seconds--but sadly isn't. I don't know how these arguments work in the UK, but in America our memory is so stunted that the same old mistakes keep getting made over and over. Distribution and promotion is the reason music blogs, in my mind, won't ever become the new record labels. Digital downloads are great. Live shows are also great. It's bad for bands to have only a single access point. The band who plays constantly but never leaves their geographic comfort zone gets killed in the end. An individual music blog is only one point of access for a band's music. It's the old rule of repetition...how many times can you see a band or a single turn up on a variety of music blogs before you get curious enough to click? The day the major labels start setting up their own version of iTunes featuring the label's entire catalog, ala carte with exclusive tracks and other perks is the day they start making money again. WarnerTunes, for example...or how about somebody with a lot of money wholesale buys up the rights for IRS, Zoo, Stiff, Factory Records, Chiswick, etc and open up a retro compilation digital label? Heh....KTEL Online for post-punkers. @Dave, cheers for pointing out what SHOULD be obvious to anybody who pays attention to music blogs and the industry for longer than five seconds–but sadly isn’t. I don’t know how these arguments work in the UK, but in America our memory is so stunted that the same old mistakes keep getting made over and over.

Distribution and promotion is the reason music blogs, in my mind, won’t ever become the new record labels. Digital downloads are great. Live shows are also great. It’s bad for bands to have only a single access point. The band who plays constantly but never leaves their geographic comfort zone gets killed in the end. An individual music blog is only one point of access for a band’s music. It’s the old rule of repetition…how many times can you see a band or a single turn up on a variety of music blogs before you get curious enough to click?

The day the major labels start setting up their own version of iTunes featuring the label’s entire catalog, ala carte with exclusive tracks and other perks is the day they start making money again. WarnerTunes, for example…or how about somebody with a lot of money wholesale buys up the rights for IRS, Zoo, Stiff, Factory Records, Chiswick, etc and open up a retro compilation digital label? Heh….KTEL Online for post-punkers.

]]> By: bryanv http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/04/music-blogs-will-not-be-the-new-record-labels#comment-65127 bryanv Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:44:48 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1431#comment-65127 @ Dave I completely agree with your points. If anyone tries to create a blog surrounding its musical content to help boost sales and cut out the middle man, we will see them end quickly. I would love to see how those independents are making their money ...is it directly from their sites, itunes, or are they actually selling more tangible copies than in years past along with the previously mentioned? @ Dave I completely agree with your points. If anyone tries to create a blog surrounding its musical content to help boost sales and cut out the middle man, we will see them end quickly. I would love to see how those independents are making their money …is it directly from their sites, itunes, or are they actually selling more tangible copies than in years past along with the previously mentioned?

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