State Of The Music Industry

Ok....First of all Why is the music business ALA record labels having problems. Most say it is Stealing Downloads which is def. a big part of the equation. If you Steal music you should be shot and hung. Not only is it costing record companies money but it has also cost artist tons of money because record company money flows to artist. No Rec company money, no artist money. ya dig? Not to mention that the Big 12 of Labels has dwindled to the big 3 soon to be big 2. What does that do you ask? That means about 4 people are gonna decide which bands will get signed and promoted which will in turn limit our choices on music and exposure to bands worldwide. But that is just the beginning

The biggest problem with the music (record) industry is the fact that you have these so called A&R guys (that is the people that find talent) that are to busy trying to be cool and signing stupid bands that no one outside of LA or NY or the UK give a rats butt about. We manage Nickelback, maybe not the hippest band on the block but they have sold 20 million records and sell out arena's. Will the Arctic Monkeys do that? Uh don't think so. See these LA and NY guys forget that there are 48 other states in this Good ole US of A that buys music. The industry calls it the Fly over zone. When they find bands that tap into that market then that band usually sells records, lots of them. Maybe one day these people will get that before it is to late.

LATER,

Kelly K