What Are Your Most Pressing Music Industry Issues?
All day, I've been asking myself this question. To me, the most pressing issue is and continues to be exploring the emergent social ecology of music culture online. Now that's a rather abstract one. Close contenders are:
- Fostering online music communities that support creativity
- Raising local cultural awareness and active fan participation
- Decriminalizing digital youth and deepening media literacy
- Identifying artist revenue streams beyond digital song sales
What are your most pressing music industry issues? What are the topics that don't get nearly enough attention in the media? Share your thoughts below.
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Bringing the 3 strikes rule to the States.
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Cash flow, cash flow and cash flow.
Creating a global music copyright database/registry to ease licensing issues for tech companies, consumers and content owners.
Figuring out how income is distributed to everyone, including musicians. I don’t think you can isolate musicians from the overall economy.
The broad stroke concept are great but useless. I have three things that apply to non major label artists and the community that lives off of them, some for good, most as leaches.
On the LIVE angle:
If money is to be had in live gigs, it might be nice to have places to play and the ability to create bills that people want to actually see, instead of the awful line ups created in the pay to play universe.
On the MERCH and product angle
Might be nice to have real solutions affordably priced for music distribution, merch creation and fulfillment rather than the turn key systems presently offered which make the musician pennies on the dollar.
For bloggers and software guys:
Before touting the latest online gimmick that will charge another 10-20% of gross, it might nice to create a business structure that integrates with everything else going on, and yeah I do know all of them and none do a good job including topspin.
Fan participation in new innovation ways
Implicate them in the marketing process
Fans are asking more for their money they want more access, better quality product and if that happens they are more than willing to purchase and share it legally.
Also single mp3s should be free as I said before fans want more.
Regarding you live comment. I have a business idea for that but no idea how to go about putting thought to action!?
p.s. that facebook tab for reverbnation is so annoying! I keep clicking the hypebot logo thinking it will be taking me back to the home screen!
We are aware of this and are moving to fix it. I've fallen for that trap several times now.
A WAY TO MONETIZE GOOD MUSIC!!! Something like topspin thats works better than topspin, One program to use to manage everything, rather than having to deal with 15 companies just to be on point.
lets talk! This is what these forums should be doing. starmanager@gmail.com is my email
Restore dignity to the music industry and prevent it from turning into the joke it has become. Why is AM/FM radio “overplaying” music that will not stand the test of time. Why do we play so little from Europe (besides U2 and Coldplay)? Why do we have regional releases for music in the digital age? There should be no borders in cyberspace. Right now, illegal downloading is the only avenue that respects that idea – and yet it is illegal and unfair. Make legally purchasing music from any part of the world easier and more cost-effective.
Take all the cool features of unlicensed music sites and offer a licensed alternative
e.g. download the entire Bob Dylan discography in one click
create an all-you-can-eat download service
create a system where people can share rarities and bootlegs and the creators get paid
How to create a wider Public Domain.
Make all music free and find another way to make money.
That’s not respect — that’s stealing from talented artists who are professionaly trying to make a living as creators.