Yeah well, i think before 2005 there was maybe 100 netlabels and last year, we saw appearing new ones each week. It won't be long before this trend will be nothing special at all. I mean, almost every artist can basically start its netlabel. So sooner or later, that term will be meaning less and less powerfull. I think the advantage of paying for something is, it gives us the power of prosposing something out of the ordinary.adhesif wrote: i can agree with wot your fundamentaly saying with regards to keeping the music free of compromising markets and the free flow of ideas, but i dont think its unique to net labels.
dont misunderstand me, im into netlabels, aslong as i like the music,
but the ideas and the culture they claim to be spearheading is nothing new, its just a different format, the sharing of artistic ideas etc is nothing new! the internet is a powerful tool but its just one tool available within the toolbox!
That is the objective of the people I know who will go in that direction.
So far, the only music I pay for is on Beatport and in 2005, I bought about 5 CDs but many 12". I will buy music I know I will play and am proud of supporting artists who I appreciate. I love Beatport, I just wish I could buy directly from the labels though. But then, yeah, maybe then it's not a Netlabel anymore.. it's just an "online label" as someone suggested. Fine with me.
The more I think about it, the more it's obvious I can't agree with that. I just had a meeting regarding a CD I want to put out and I have to say that creating an object, building it from nothing to a final product is a lot of fun.People don't need to buy records. It's old fashioned, not environment friendly and it makes no sense
People are not obliged to buy it but for IMO, I love to get something and feel all the hard work in it. It's art damn it! Is there room for that or not?