Remove the Middle Man
Posted: 4/23/2002 4:17:51 PM
By: Comfortably Anonymous
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Topic: Music
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Selling music over the 'net still isn't a viable business model. It takes money, time, and connections in order to go national/international.

It will never be a viable business. Music is free now. You can't sell it.

What you CAN do is look at the expense of distributing your music online as a promotional expense. People get to know you. Eventually your music gets on P2P and you don't have to pay for THAT bandwidth.

The whole trick is getting people to hear your stuff so they want to go to your show. That's where money will be made by musicians in the future, NOT by selling the sound waves themselves.

Might take a few more years for musicians and the recording industry to grasp that, but mark my words, that's where we're going.

- lexta2000
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