tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921567004864315541.post8985307046627635842..comments2024-02-27T10:20:42.208-05:00Comments on Signifying Sound and Fury: Amanda Palmer's TED Talk: Too much to ask?Peter Shirtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127694194498636105noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921567004864315541.post-53083211169064288872013-03-28T09:45:09.803-04:002013-03-28T09:45:09.803-04:00I wonder if magazines such as Pitchfork could some...I wonder if magazines such as Pitchfork could somehow morph into the new labels, or at least be more important in sorting through the flooding? They often are the taste-setters. But their business model would have to change quite a bit, as journalism isn't doing too hot, either. And then there's the whole journalistic impartiality problem.Peter Shirtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127694194498636105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921567004864315541.post-4234955428610149532013-03-28T09:41:51.986-04:002013-03-28T09:41:51.986-04:00Thanks for your first-person input. I was thinking...Thanks for your first-person input. I was thinking about your situation as I was writing the post.Peter Shirtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127694194498636105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921567004864315541.post-6848368228468903322013-03-26T00:06:52.431-04:002013-03-26T00:06:52.431-04:00Last year Amy and I went to go see Wye Oak and Dir...Last year Amy and I went to go see Wye Oak and Dirty Projectors in a tiny little club. To the cool kids who read Pitchfork and other hip indie music publications, they are superstars. However, the site of Wye Oak carting off their own equipment into their humble van was a sober illustration that indie superstardom usually doesn't translate into material wealth.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188649483803472105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921567004864315541.post-11372916262117806542013-03-25T23:29:16.119-04:002013-03-25T23:29:16.119-04:00Amanda Palmer's vision only works if you alrea...Amanda Palmer's vision only works if you already have a fan base to ask money from. Otherwise, you're still just asking friends and family to loan you a few bucks so you can record a demo and somehow break through. Somehow. Because there is no clear path to breaking through anymore, even getting a kickstarter-funded CD made doesn't mean anything at all. What do you do with it? Doesn't lead to anything.<br /><br />The other problem with the no-label state of the industry is flooding. Listeners are absolutely flooded with music, much of which has not been vetted by anyone. It's much, much harder now than even 10 years ago to get someone to click the link and listen to the songs, even if they're free, because we've all heard so much that was so mediocre-to-bad (or even mediocre-to-good) that you have listener fatigue. When you're asking potential fans to be the ones who dig through the slush pile, nothing rises to the top except--ha! surprise!--people with label support. <br /><br />So the eternal question (at least at our house, where music is our only source of income and has been for many years now) is HOW do you get people to listen? How do you build up that fan base without going with an agent/label system? I don't think Amanda has the answers.Becca Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177698452364502845noreply@blogger.com