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An Artist's View of the Modern Music Biz

Posted by kdawson on from the viral-no-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A member of the band OK Go wrote an interesting open letter giving an artist's perspective on the current state of the music business and how labels finance producing, distributing, and marketing music and music videos. A very insightful perspective of 'both sides': the argument that music and music videos are meant to be heard and, in the case of the latter, seen by a wide audience; and the argument that the money needs to come from somewhere. Unfortunately, the letter doesn't address the perspective outsiders have of outlandish salaries in the music labels, but it is interesting nonetheless." Their new video is not bad either.

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  1. R.I.P. Obamacare, you won't be missed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:R.I.P. Obamacare, you won't be missed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Fuck you Republican ! You don't see what a world where anybody can be healed is ...

    2. Re:R.I.P. Obamacare, you won't be missed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:My shits are meant to be smelled! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The mods missed a gem here. This is totally on-topic. It's the exact same argument that musicians and the recording industry use, but replaces "music" with "shit". It really puts their argument into perspective.