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Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks
It's great for Madonna.... or any other HUGE act that has itself planted firmly in the culture.
What good does it do for the unknowns? So instead of being pushed and supported by a central organization the answer is to completely do it on their own? So instead of working backwoods gigs for 10 years and waiting for their break they just keep plugging away???
Big acts can make the statement like this because their risk is small. Saying Fuck you to the companies that brought you there doesn't hurt when you have big ratings..... unless of course you do something wrong after that fact and the public then ignores you. You would have nothing to fall back on.
I still would not say this is a complete business model, only something that already successful acts can accomplish with little risk involved.
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Its not going to be easy for the small guys to make it, but it wont be impossible. Hell, getting a popular video on youtube can put you in front of millions of people.
The future of the music biz is going to be internet traffic, if had to make a guess. Oddly enough, many in the adult biz who are masters at acquiring traffic would probably make good marketers for new young bands.
Kids these days probably find more new bands through places like MySpace, rather than the radio or mtv