More bands looking for new ways
According to BBC online news, NME reviews editor Julian Marshall thinks more bands are going to attempt new ideas in music distribution and music marketing like Radiohead: “I think it’s actually a really exciting time. People have been talking for years about how the internet was going to change the way people approach releasing their records,” Marshall says to BBC. Entertainment Retailers Association deputy chairman Ben Drury is quoted: “There are more ways to get music than ever before and really, it’s those labels that adapt to those conditions are the ones that will survive and prosper.”
Evidently more and more musicians are not happy with the traditional conditions and circumstances of music production and music distribution, as more and more artists find new ways to produce their music and get it to their fans. Prince made headlines lately for being the first artist to give copies of his latest album away with a newspaper; Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall set up his own label and now sells music via its website; The Charlatans recently announced a deal with radio station Xfm, which will allow fans to download the next album from the station’s website for free.
And just two days ago Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor announced on their website: “As of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.”
Have Radiohead marked music’s future? - BBC news
Big Acts Follow Radiohead’s Lead: Let Their Music Go Free - PC World
