Indústria fonográfica e as suas transformações...

How File-Sharing Informs the Industry
The classic case for how BigChampagne (bigchamgagne.com) supports a client –
who can range from struggling new artists to the entire roster of a major – is by
analyzing whether listeners have found a hit before radio. Let's say that in a given
market, a single hasn't broken onto radio, but BigChampagne discovers that listeners
in that city are swapping it in huge volume; the label can take that information to
radio programmers and urge them to spin the song to death, turning it into an
official hit.

“The majors will embrace any formula that sells records until it stops
working. As a result, the corporate machine cannot deliver an adequate
diversity of sounds, only a homogenized, prepackaged product.”
– Michael Roberts, in Rhythm & Business (2005, Akashic Books)

How fast will the sun set on the compact disc?
Quarter-size CDs that can float among compatible music players, computers, game
devices, digital cameras and personal digital assistants are already developed.
But a massive installed base of CD players means that the traditional recording
industry markets are not going to disappear or even be impacted by digital
distribution any time soon.

in Indie Marketing Power: THE Resource Guide for Maximizing Your Music Marketing by Peter Spellman

Eu quero ser indie!

Um pequeno texto que serve de ironia ao elitismo cultural que curiosamente se mantém numa era de cultura de massas...

How to Be an Indie Rock Elitist
Elitism (n) - The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
If you wish to establish yourself as an indie rock elitist, whose opinions and views are so intimidating that they are to respected by all, then this guide is for you. It is not a simple task, but to the persistant go the spoils. Good luck.

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