Comments on: Why Music Sales Don’t Mean Much In The Web Era

By: Mika Schiller

Mika Schiller — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:51:28 +0000

I don’t. It’s purely about sharing ideas.

By: video guitar lessons

video guitar lessons — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:17:38 +0000

Do you make money out of this blog? just curious

By: Mika Schiller

Mika Schiller — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:54:24 +0000

Well said, Jay. The whole “Get Rich Quick” mentality is largely to blame for lots of the synthetic crap that was pushed down the throats of consumers over the last 15 years or so. The complete breakdown of the record(not the music industry) industry is a boon to quality music.

By: EML Recordings

EML Recordings — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:40:33 +0000

As someone that set up a indi label only 6 months ago, did all the behind the scenes work, and launched it 3 months later, i have to say that im loving this journey of discovery, meeting new friends, promoting great (and i mean REALLY GREAT) artists, learning about the industry, and yes we are selling music, getting high in those download charts….will i ever become a millionaire from it ???..sure why not, if i don’t then so be it, i don’t care, im in this becuase i love doing what im doing, i have a deep respect for my artists, i like to make them feel good about themselves and thier music, there’s only one thing that stops anyone from becoming a success in this world and that is the limits they put on themselves.

If you aim high, if you really LOVE doing what your doing, you’ll find a way af making a success of what you do…if i can earn a living from my label i’ll be a happy man, if my artists can make a living out of making music, and performing it then i’m a happy man, if i don’t im still a happy man, bacuse running a label (all be it a small indi label), makes me happy…and so i can’t go wrong !!

Jay

By: GZILAN

GZILAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:33:19 +0000

In my opinion yes music is better now and more groups or artists are heard from, but it let’s in a lot of crap too that’s just not music. It’s all just propaganda for more crap i.e.: Soldier Boi etc etc…

When are the new artists going wake up and be yourself. Here is a link to prove my point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTYq3Z1P6w&feature=related

By: tripplehelix

tripplehelix — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:12:01 +0000

I agree with Mika. In my experience, its better to just give away or sell your music digitally. There is no reason to buy CDs anymore. We make more off of digital sales, merch, and live performances than off of cd sales. I mean why buy an entire CD when you can just get the tracks you like for a far cheaper price (or free with P2P?) I would rather have my tracks passed around free, and have fans purchase merch and come out to shows, than have the majority of revenue go to the record label vultures. If you do your research, develop your brand, and promote smartly, the skys the limit for the indie artist today. Resistance is futile, and sticking to the old ways will kill your brand.

By: Mika Schiller

Mika Schiller — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:13:35 +0000

Jay, I get your point. However, there’s a difference between how the world ought to be and how the world is. Many people would love to go back to the world platinum record sales, but those days are gone forever. That era was an anomaly. Record labels were able to artificially jack up the price of music by keeping it scarce on plastic CDs. But digital technology came along that destroyed that scarcity and music is available for free everywhere now. There’s no going back. Besides, the only people making money under that system were the record labels. Artists got screwed. Spending on live niche music is at an all time high. That’s great for the indie scene.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:52 +0000

Will, if no one was interested in music you would not be able to charge for those guitar lesson. I dont fully agree with you on this one Mika, You can make money in other innovative ways but never lie to youself that they dont matter because Music sales do matter to think they dont is to conclude that the all industry can run on live performances alone just like man cant live on bread or water alone same with msuic its need a mixture of all this things wether you like it or not. Theres so many aspects to the industry and some rely on sales an exampled dance music and so many others; your next door neighbour who lost their job after the Music shop they worked in closed down. Music Teachers who the reason why kids are in their lessons because they want to learn to play one of those top rated songs they heard. Its a complex business and its not that straight forward but i guess i can see why you cant see the bigger picture when it doesnt affect you directly yet.