Has anyone mentioned Louis CK and, now, Jim Gaffigan's successful $5 sales from their own websites? I think we see the future....
The middle man is the middle man as needed, but technology creates efficiencies. Online Travel Agents were good for hotels when distribution was a problem, but now, distribution is not the same problem and they are quickly becoming dinosaurs in lieu of new technology to create a simpler path to booking. Just the same, distributors of music were a necessary middle man, and like so many, retarded the process and made it inefficient.
Record labels are dinosaurs. As soon as bands start selling direct, and "fame" is less about marketing dollars vs tried and true, grinding it out for a decade on tour, in a van, and building a real fanbase (instead of buying it).... it will be a warm and wonderful world of art and music, instead of commodification of art, and industry for profit.
The labels did it to themselves by not following logic or data. The lies and secrets didn't help. I really hope they are paying attention to this.
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Has anyone mentioned Louis CK and, now, Jim Gaffigan's successful $5 sales from their own websites? I think we see the future.... The middle man is the middle man as needed, but technology creates efficiencies. Online Travel Agents were good for hotels when distribution was a problem, but now, distribution is not the same problem and they are quickly becoming dinosaurs in lieu of new technology to create a simpler path to booking. Just the same, distributors of music were a necessary middle man, and like so many, retarded the process and made it inefficient. Record labels are dinosaurs. As soon as bands start selling direct, and "fame" is less about marketing dollars vs tried and true, grinding it out for a decade on tour, in a van, and building a real fanbase (instead of buying it).... it will be a warm and wonderful world of art and music, instead of commodification of art, and industry for profit. The labels did it to themselves by not following logic or data. The lies and secrets didn't help. I really hope they are paying attention to this.