Majors are just interested in big acts that will sell alot to audiences that buy alot of music, and thats not grime so forget about majors. there hasn't been any really exciting music on majors for about 5 years now, and if there has it's only been by accident, or because the majors have thought they'd make alot, but they soon drop bands that don't make money or shelve albums, shelve artists etc.. its so common. The times of majors investing in music that they don't think is guaranteed to appeal to alot of people is over.
As a caveat hadouken just got signed to a major, but the deal has been wide-reaching in terms of what the assets are the major will have a part of, so the deal stretches across all their avenues of income as a band. Sure we shall see how that goes. But i;ve never really understood the 'i wanna be on a major' attitiude, indies are better and fairer.
Large independent labels are thriving comparably, it's never been a better time to be an independent as long as indies don't start acting like majors, because they sign pretty good music, the problem with being a large indie is the lack of power within the industry the indies have as the majors control most of it and have a huge amount of comparable weight when dealing with other companies, organistions etc, and can get fucked over easier. They're usually run by people that really love music too and staffed by people who are the same.
also forget about myspace, its a complete myth, surely everyone knows this now, good for hearing and finding new acts for sure but its not really going to make anyone famous, and anyone who has pretended they've had alot of success directly from myspace is just pr-ing.
Grime has had a few chart hits, i think its about organisation and promotion more than anything else, making sure thats sorted out, not having too high expectations, being willing to gamble a bit of money etc, merchandise and those things. Make the best tracks you can, listen to the audience and all that, make contacts.
As a caveat hadouken just got signed to a major, but the deal has been wide-reaching in terms of what the assets are the major will have a part of, so the deal stretches across all their avenues of income as a band. Sure we shall see how that goes. But i;ve never really understood the 'i wanna be on a major' attitiude, indies are better and fairer.
Large independent labels are thriving comparably, it's never been a better time to be an independent as long as indies don't start acting like majors, because they sign pretty good music, the problem with being a large indie is the lack of power within the industry the indies have as the majors control most of it and have a huge amount of comparable weight when dealing with other companies, organistions etc, and can get fucked over easier. They're usually run by people that really love music too and staffed by people who are the same.
also forget about myspace, its a complete myth, surely everyone knows this now, good for hearing and finding new acts for sure but its not really going to make anyone famous, and anyone who has pretended they've had alot of success directly from myspace is just pr-ing.
Grime has had a few chart hits, i think its about organisation and promotion more than anything else, making sure thats sorted out, not having too high expectations, being willing to gamble a bit of money etc, merchandise and those things. Make the best tracks you can, listen to the audience and all that, make contacts.
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