last100.com — With the news that Madonna, along with Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, has jumped ship and abandoned the major record labels - it clear that the recording industry is in trouble. If the old way of doing business is defunct, what will replace it? Last100 presents five alternative business models for selling music.
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moxleyOct 11, 2007
Some of those ideas are innovative and interesting and all of that - But the problem I see with subscription based crap as Rick Rubin suggests is that I want to own a copy of my music. What he suggests reminds me of “On Demand” services that the cable companies have – you’re limited to what they have on tap at the time. So that doesn’t work for me…I like my ipod. As far as “Pay what you think it’s worth” – I think that is great, and for the artists who can afford to do that or are inclined it will be interesting to see how it works out – but I don’t see that as an adequate solution for everyone. What I think is that the record labels need to do the following: 1.
bdbrOct 11, 2007
With all this press about Radiohead and Madonna, Diggers seem to have this odd perception that the "problem" is how to sell music from artists that have established themselves through the old system. That is NOT the problem.In fact, the problem isn't how to sell music at all. Aren't there plenty of ways to do that?The problem for the music industry is: how to get their music to peoples' ears in the first place. It has to be heard to be bought. Only a few dozen songs have the opportunity to get US radio airplay (since four companies own everything). The other thousands of new songs per week just sort of float into obscurity. THAT is what the music industry needs to work on.
orangysbOct 12, 2007
well then you can pay the moment you download them?
rocknrollsoulOct 15, 2007
Hybrid Indie MP3 Store Offers DRM-Free Albums / SongsmTraks.com is a true "hybrid" music download store. It has DRM-free 192 kbps mp3s available a la carte or by subscription (hybrid). mTraks is an open site, so you are not forced to subscribe like on eMusic. Songs are 99 cents a la carte and if you subscribe as little as 27 cents. They have the entire IODA catalog available of 3,500 independent labels offering 800,000 songs. Even better, they offer 30 free songs if you sign up for a trial subscription.