> At this point, what are the major labels bringing to the table? Their increasingly irrelevant marketing prowness?
Everyone likes to cite Bieber as making it on his own, but he was a nobody before someone related to Usher at a big label stepped in and helped shoot him into the stratosphere.
> So yeah. Musicians are doing fine.
I'd argue a lot of musicians see it different. Now many have to debate giving up their day jobs because they're forced to tour 24x7 since they can't rely on selling cd's anymore since it is so easy to pirate them.
Everyone likes to cite Bieber as making it on his own, but he was a nobody before someone related to Usher at a big label stepped in and helped shoot him into the stratosphere.
> So yeah. Musicians are doing fine.
I'd argue a lot of musicians see it different. Now many have to debate giving up their day jobs because they're forced to tour 24x7 since they can't rely on selling cd's anymore since it is so easy to pirate them.