Basically they fund artists to record and then handle things like promotion.
What does a record company even do? Why do they have rights?
rigatti@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Mango@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If I can personally promote a subreddit to 8.5 million subscribers with no talent of my own, anyone who can make decent music can handle their own shit.
rigatti@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, promoting a subreddit and promoting yourself as an artist are the same thing.
Mango@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I didn’t even have to sing.
Mango@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yo. I can be a record label. Come hang out in my apartment while I pay the bills and BAM! I get all the royalties!
Sounds like stealing with extra steps. Actually it sounds like just being rewarded for having money to begin with.
clgoh@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Actually it sounds like just being rewarded for having money to begin with.
That’s most of the economy.
lemann@lemmy.one 9 months ago
In the day and age of streaming sercices like Spotify, they should not exist IMO.
Back when people purchased their music from brick and mortar stores on vinyls, cassettes, and CDs, they had a place to facilitate a relationship with distributors etc to get your music on the shelves. Nowadays, this stuff can be done digitally, independently.