Re: Album Sales Dying Fast
Posted: January 5th, 2019, 2:53 pm
I think this quote is relevant:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/comm ... d=57904300
The entertainment industry goes through periods of shifting control, from artists to distributors, then back again as soon as something new interrupts the status quo. "Something new" could be tape decks, a court decision ordering movie studios to sell off their theater chains, whatever.
Seems like we've reached the "distributor makes all the profits" part of online distribution.
Thank you. As a tiny tiny microscopic part of the music industry - hobbyist artist/self-publisher - I keep far more of the revenue from a sale than than from someone streaming. Buy my album? You've bought me a coffee! Thanks. Stream my album? Well, only another thousand or so streams to go and I can get that same coffee...
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/comm ... d=57904300
The entertainment industry goes through periods of shifting control, from artists to distributors, then back again as soon as something new interrupts the status quo. "Something new" could be tape decks, a court decision ordering movie studios to sell off their theater chains, whatever.
Seems like we've reached the "distributor makes all the profits" part of online distribution.