Community Thread LXII: We are fam-ill-lee

[DoctaJ]

20.5 years on this platform.... krikey. thank you all who have made it worth while.

I just turned 23 btw. so... was outpacing milesfides and Tony since I could speak.

Typo? Haha

[Mamba Mentality]

20.5 years on this platform.... krikey. thank you all who have made it worth while.

I just turned 23 btw. so... was outpacing milesfides and Tony since I could speak.

Typo? Haha

nah he's been posting since he was 3, child prodigy

[Danny Darko]

50 is rapidly approaching.... almost half my life with some of y'all. weird.

I'm offered 5 mill for a music startup from some sharks and 2 from Neil Young. I think I know which way I'll go.
On that "note" have you guys been paying attention to AI "artists" and songs? we need organic labels if not straight up regulation.
dude **** this:

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

[LAKESHOW]

This is why Labor here in LA went on strike. AI is taking over the entertainment industry.

[DoctaJ]

50 is rapidly approaching.... almost half my life with some of y'all. weird.

I'm offered 5 mill for a music startup from some sharks and 2 from Neil Young. I think I know which way I'll go.
On that "note" have you guys been paying attention to AI "artists" and songs? we need organic labels if not straight up regulation.
dude **** this:

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

I know eh - crazy. Congrats on the potential deals! And yeah I avoid all the AI artists and songs. **** that ****.

[DoctaJ]

So DD, here's something I've been wondering about. As someone in the industry - how do I best support the artist, specifically financially.

I recall hearing (way back) that it was the tickets to a show and buying the CD was next best. But now I'm hearing so much stuff like artists paying much percentage to venues/live nation/etc etc even for the show/tour. I'm also over streaming and understand artists don't make much from streaming anyways?

So what's the best way I can support the artist?

I guess as an extension to that, all the people working on the music with the artist. Is purchasing an album (vinyl/cd/etc) the best way or streaming really it?

[Danny Darko]

So DD, here's something I've been wondering about. As someone in the industry - how do I best support the artist, specifically financially.

I recall hearing (way back) that it was the tickets to a show and buying the CD was next best. But now I'm hearing so much stuff like artists paying much percentage to venues/live nation/etc etc even for the show/tour. I'm also over streaming and understand artists don't make much from streaming anyways?

So what's the best way I can support the artist?

I guess as an extension to that, all the people working on the music with the artist. Is purchasing an album (vinyl/cd/etc) the best way or streaming really it?

yes merch and live is the last bastion of money outside movie and tv score music. I also want to get in front of congress and ask for mandating Organic labels for intellectual property so at least people know what they are spending money on. Spotify is busy using all it's ill gotten gains to make tech for ai drone/missile targeting. Eck is bad beyond just ruining music. We need a system that uses more tech to protect and kills off the blood suckers in the middle. Hope to finish my speech to congress soon, get funding for our music tech, and turn things around. It's a 50 billion dollar a year trade positive for America alone, let alone the global economy, so the math is there regardless of how nationalistic any one government is... jobs lost... all bad economics if we don't. Can't stop AI art but we can mandate the labels and appeal to consumers the way that food and farmers have done.... at least a start.

But yeah- if a band you like is out touring, go see them. Buy a record, cd, vinyl, thumb drive, any of that. I do know plenty of indie artists making dough on merchandise and the hard life on the road without major tour buses and funding, but there is a will, so there is a way.

bandcamp and apple are better than spotify for revenue, though bandcamp is much better than Spotify, Apple, or Pandora. It's a reality of convenience, though.