28-04-2020, 16:54
Looks as though a lot of musicians are choosing other options lately and pre-funding their work with pledges - crowdfunding, etc., then releasing under independent labels. Quite often, you can only order directly from them which makes sense in this context. Loreena McKennitt has it all sorted - she is in complete control - owns her record label which only publishes her music - 14 million records later!
I don't know many professional performing musicians, but one I do know has to be constantly performing, selling tickets and doing corporate events in order to earn a liveable income which definitely doesn't come primarily from the sales of his music - and he's pretty much a household name here. It really does seem grossly unjust that so much work and talent (it's an art after all) results in so little reward and it's not very encouraging for potential new artists either. Whenever this subject comes up I can't help but think of Rodriguez - one of the greatest musical royalty ripoffs of all time. No doubt there have been many more!
I don't know many professional performing musicians, but one I do know has to be constantly performing, selling tickets and doing corporate events in order to earn a liveable income which definitely doesn't come primarily from the sales of his music - and he's pretty much a household name here. It really does seem grossly unjust that so much work and talent (it's an art after all) results in so little reward and it's not very encouraging for potential new artists either. Whenever this subject comes up I can't help but think of Rodriguez - one of the greatest musical royalty ripoffs of all time. No doubt there have been many more!
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