Everyone on this site... everyone interested in where the music business is headed, needs to read this article, twice:
SETH GODIN - THE LIVE MUSIC TALK
...once you make it digital, all of a sudden the math changes... ...And, one of the side effects of that is that something has fundamentally shifted here. Now, I’m going to give you a little bit of a preview which is, I think the internet is the new radio. And I think we’re needing, in the record business, people in the record business are going to have to think about the fact that, that might be a really good thing, not a really bad thing. "
Read it.
The game done changed. You are now on a level playing field with the big boys... You have the same access, the same power in this new multicast radio that they do... the only thing you dont have is the head start on name recognition, but names are brought up from nothing in this game every day.
The future of the music business will be served to fans through the internet... it will be interactive, it will be knowing what fans want before they want it, and it will mean getting very good at involving fans and make them stick around.
Thats what I'm trying to do with this site. I'm trying to run contests, give away free stuff, get people involved so that they come back, artists, their friends, and their fans. To do that I'm going to need your help...