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Originally Posted by porno jew
if you were a diy artist or knew any you would know how insanely difficult it is to get through the noise that is out there now. it's fantasy that you just put up your art on youtube and itunes and get noticed. about the same amount of people get "big" off youtube and itunes that did in the record contract era, just the mediums have changed.
how is a musician that doesn't play live or not tour make money now for example.
the new avenues have their own pitfalls, just as many as the old way did.
many artists happily sign with the evil music companies as well when their youtube video gets big enough.
it is a complex phenomenon and both side argue from these ridiculously oversimplified viewpoints it just makes the who discussion useless.
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As far as the hip hop industry goes at least, the internet has most definitely made it easier for artists to get their name out to the masses easier, faster, and cheaper. It's not even arguable. Spend like $10,000 or less and you can get a prime spot on worldstarhiphop, datpiff, etc. and reach millions of people instantly and possibly blow up over night. Surely the same can be said for other genres.