“It’s all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.” – Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” 1987
Putting the bucks back into the music artists’ hands is partially what indy Internet downloads is all about. FastCompany touts Rumblefish.
But we’ve got at least one home-grown competitor: Rule Radio.
Can indy music survive the labels?
And the advertising industry–which, Anthony estimates, spends some $13 billion annually licensing songs (roughly equal to the revenues of the atrophying record business)–is hungrier than ever to give everything a soundtrack. [via FastCompany.com]
When you can pay a lot less for indy music and get more use out of it, why pay for label stuff?