Comments on: Billy Corgan’s New Album to Be Free Download

By: Sviteknology

Sviteknology — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:28:32 +0000

This is all fine an dandy but why didn’t Corgan give his music away from the beginning . Oh wait a second he made a bunch of doe and can still make good money touring, bands that don’t
have a following and don’t tour and give there music away make nothing and if nothing is what keeps your rent paid then give it all away…

By: Mmm

Mmm — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:43:30 +0000

If the CD version of this album has a decent amount of dynamic range, I’ll buy it (assuming the CD publication is independent, too).

…and congratulations are in order for Mr. Corgan’s decision.

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:14:01 +0000

You clearly haven’t heard of creative commons have you? Look it up, tons of people are giving away music for free. Although I don’t think that was your point.

Although you must be aware that labels have a fairly good, yet questionably illegal hold of radio stations. They also forced their dominance of online and terrestrial radio by demanding that all artists have to be paid a set commission on tracks played. This prevents artist from offering their tracks for free, giving them more exposure. The internet is the only real avenue left for independent artist to get exposure. The labels now want you to believe that its also evil and should be regulated.

Thankfully many big artists are tired of dealing with the labels. They want to hone their art, produce music for the music. In the process many are showing that its still profitable, and that people still buy the content even if its given away for free.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:58:17 +0000

All of these guys who give albums away for free of course made millions with the help of labels back before p2p. Coincidence?

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:22:01 +0000

Once you know the issues at hand, it’s not a hard decision to give away your music for free simply because it’s far more economical to give it away for free than it is to sell it with a major record label.

How many times have we heard about artists selling tens of thousands of albums, then the record label turns around and looks the artist straight in the eye and says, “You didn’t sell enough, you owe us x millions of dollars.”

You go indie and give away your music for free, you maintain the rights to your work and you don’t have a record boss telling you that you need to sell ten times the albums your selling now to break even.

“You don’t need a million dollars to launch a career.” -MC Lars

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:52:51 +0000

The interesting thing is that unless legislation can somehow make labels a attractive option for acts, more and more will continue to defect from labels. In this case not much in terms of legislation will protect the labels. Especially if these independent endeavors continue to prove their worth as it did with In Rainbows.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:34:35 +0000

I love this precedent. I’m not a fan of alternative rock, and won’t be downloading or buying, however this is another step in the right direction. It’s an amusing fork in the road for the music business, it literally is music vs business. A pleasant median will eventually be found, but I have a feeling things are going to get much worse before they get better.

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:46:32 +0000

Another bites the dust (possible record deals dead by p2p). Down with record deals and the labels that impose them.