Comments on: You and Whose Army? Radiohead Marches On Without Record Label http://www.hellocomein.com/hellowords/2007/10/02/you-and-whose-army-radiohead-forgoes-record-label/ subsection of hellocomein Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matt Shoaf http://www.hellocomein.com/hellowords/2007/10/02/you-and-whose-army-radiohead-forgoes-record-label/#comment-2065 Matt Shoaf Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.hellocomein.com/hellowords/?p=265#comment-2065 So far It looks like this experiment was a success. My download was super fast, and if the rumors are true, the band was able to make some dime off of the release anyhow. Along with Prince, Cake, and a few other major bands and producers, hopefully this is signalling a change. I can only hope that this more democratic music industry will evolve and that the major labels can take their place pimping the britneys, which we can ignore and follow artist that are making real music with less and less corporate influence. Now if only they can all take on the scalpers like Garth Brooks is in Kansas City... So far It looks like this experiment was a success. My download was super fast, and if the rumors are true, the band was able to make some dime off of the release anyhow.

Along with Prince, Cake, and a few other major bands and producers, hopefully this is signalling a change. I can only hope that this more democratic music industry will evolve and that the major labels can take their place pimping the britneys, which we can ignore and follow artist that are making real music with less and less corporate influence. Now if only they can all take on the scalpers like Garth Brooks is in Kansas City…

]]> By: helloGreg http://www.hellocomein.com/hellowords/2007/10/02/you-and-whose-army-radiohead-forgoes-record-label/#comment-2047 helloGreg Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:11:16 +0000 http://www.hellocomein.com/hellowords/?p=265#comment-2047 some thoughts. i will pay probably 15. it's good for the concience, and instead of getting three cents they will get, fifteen. and none will go the the ceo's coke habit. it's a smart, if incredibly simple idea. and somehow i think all of this mass press is probably annoying to them. but whatever, they are superstars, so it goes with the territory. my question- does a band have to go through the big label contract phase to make this work? can someone make money and establish worldwide fame without ever having a record contract or physical distribution pipeline? if not, then does this really signal the end of the music biz as we know it? i mean, for every radiohead that jumps ship there are twenty britneys that make gobs of money. so the labels still serve that purpose, although im not sure what the purpose of britney music is. although toxic was a great single. some thoughts. i will pay probably 15. it’s good for the concience, and instead of getting three cents they will get, fifteen. and none will go the the ceo’s coke habit. it’s a smart, if incredibly simple idea. and somehow i think all of this mass press is probably annoying to them. but whatever, they are superstars, so it goes with the territory.

my question- does a band have to go through the big label contract phase to make this work? can someone make money and establish worldwide fame without ever having a record contract or physical distribution pipeline? if not, then does this really signal the end of the music biz as we know it? i mean, for every radiohead that jumps ship there are twenty britneys that make gobs of money. so the labels still serve that purpose, although im not sure what the purpose of britney music is. although toxic was a great single.

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