Internet Radio
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Ever since I first discovered internet radio I have been in despair need of a 12 step program. I have discovered blues, jazz and radio drama stations that listen to on a daily basis, none of which are genres that exist in my home market and I might even gladly pay for continued access, if I could get access to them in my car and a portable player too.
I am so happy to see that the hearings have begun. The recording industry has no right to be demanding royalties for much of what is on these stations. Any person is free to start a station and play their original music and thousands of artists that could not get world wide exposure any other way have taken advantage of this, artists that the big record companies have no interest in until the artists begin siphoning off money from the companies formulated 'artists'. In the words of Fred Eaglesmith, "bring back steel belted radio", which is exactly what net radio has done.
I agree that Shania Twain, Hillary Duff, and thousands of others on the big labels should get something for the air play of their music. But what business does EMI, Sony and Virgin have demanding money from artists such as The New Jacobin Club, Kelly Wiens, By Design, Agriculture Club, Enter the Haggis, Propaghandi or any other independent artist? None! If they won't touch it or have let the copyright go, in the case if classic radio drama, they have no right to demand a pound of flesh just because someone might choose to play something on an amateur radio station that anyone can set-up - rack it up to free advertising and comb the original music for the next big thing.
Artists need to be able to create and should not be hindered by some record company executive who is afraid of losing market share. The executives should be adapting and listening, they will always have the upper hand on making stars, which is what they do.
And because they have the upper hand demanding greater royalties is not good business, it will hinder the distribution of new music over the internet. What independent artist is going to want to set up a website or radio station to share their music if they have to pay some multi-national company, who currently has no interest in them, thousands of dollars a year?
Let artists be artist and let the recording industry adapt and evolve.
Ever since I first discovered internet radio I have been in despair need of a 12 step program. I have discovered blues, jazz and radio drama stations that listen to on a daily basis, none of which are genres that exist in my home market and I might even gladly pay for continued access, if I could get access to them in my car and a portable player too.
I am so happy to see that the hearings have begun. The recording industry has no right to be demanding royalties for much of what is on these stations. Any person is free to start a station and play their original music and thousands of artists that could not get world wide exposure any other way have taken advantage of this, artists that the big record companies have no interest in until the artists begin siphoning off money from the companies formulated 'artists'. In the words of Fred Eaglesmith, "bring back steel belted radio", which is exactly what net radio has done.
I agree that Shania Twain, Hillary Duff, and thousands of others on the big labels should get something for the air play of their music. But what business does EMI, Sony and Virgin have demanding money from artists such as The New Jacobin Club, Kelly Wiens, By Design, Agriculture Club, Enter the Haggis, Propaghandi or any other independent artist? None! If they won't touch it or have let the copyright go, in the case if classic radio drama, they have no right to demand a pound of flesh just because someone might choose to play something on an amateur radio station that anyone can set-up - rack it up to free advertising and comb the original music for the next big thing.
Artists need to be able to create and should not be hindered by some record company executive who is afraid of losing market share. The executives should be adapting and listening, they will always have the upper hand on making stars, which is what they do.
And because they have the upper hand demanding greater royalties is not good business, it will hinder the distribution of new music over the internet. What independent artist is going to want to set up a website or radio station to share their music if they have to pay some multi-national company, who currently has no interest in them, thousands of dollars a year?
Let artists be artist and let the recording industry adapt and evolve.
posted by Jeffrey at 7:04 PM
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