With CD sales slipping, brick and morter music stores dying left and right, 
and the financial ruin most bands seem to experience when signing to a 
major, just why would a band sign with a major?  Are they really not aware 
of how the system is so stacked against them or are they just so blinded by 
the notion that they could be the next Killers or Strokes that they just 
don't see the reality of the situation?

I am not a musician and I have no knowledge of the music business, but in 
this harsh economic and business climate, it seems to me that to survive, a 
musician's best shot is to do it yourself....

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: Music & Politics


> At Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:58:30 Aaron wrote:
>
>>>>I mean, to Josh's point, how often do the artists behind trippy 
>>>>psychedelic pop albums end up becoming conservative politicians?
>>
>>At the risk of sounding cute, I'll suggest that signing to a major
>>label in the first place is a conservative gesture, supporting the
>>system.
>
> Fascist even. Most musicians who get signed to a record deal are 
> surrendering their freedom to the mother country (in this case, the record 
> label) who gets ALL the money the artist has earned from the creation of 
> "art" and keeps almost all of it for the good of the companyy....giving 
> the artist just enough to live on....if that.
>
>
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