...and it is about time. Record labels have proven to be the bane of the music industry for years and now we are at a point where we can cut out the middle man. Thank you Radiohead for taking this first step!
(*if none of this makes any sense it is because I am highly medicated)
How Radiohead killed the record labels
"The announcement in the early hours of this morning of the imminent arrival of In Rainbows, the seventh Radiohead album, is hugely exciting for the band's millions of fans. In Rainbows, boxed set Potentially though it's even bigger news for the music industry. Released in ten days time, the album is available as a digital download for whatever price you want to pay. Radiohead may have done irreparable damage to the industry's traditional business model."I can see a future where the major record labels are either dead or are vastly smaller than they are now. With computer technology for recording and the internet for distribution and marketing there is no longer a need for these juggernauts that cater to the lowest common denominator, stifle music, inhibit creativity, and rip-off artists! The RIAA has made their bed by alienating their clients with scare tactics and now it is time to see them reap the benefits of their unholy army of lawyers.*
(*if none of this makes any sense it is because I am highly medicated)
4 comments:
so how much are you going to pay for it?
I will probably pay the regular full price for an online album $10 or in this case 5 pounds, just to show my support for Radiohead sticking it to the man!
The great thing is that nearly all of that money will go directly to them!
KICK ASS. That's why I love radiohead. Beautiful.
This could officially be the end of the Compact Disc. For quite awhile I have been buying new CDs on sale at Best Buy then selling them on Ebay after I rip'em. I almost always come out ahead.
Heath... let me know what you think when you get it downloaded!
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