Logic Records CLosing

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Originally posted by rocksteadyct

i am pretty well read on this subject, and the truth is actually quite the opposite.

Bigger labels are more affected by downloading, and their whole business models are affected and must be adapted in order to survive.

Smaller labels, who usally have a more devout following of people that enjoy supporting them, can easily adapt, by offering mp3s samples, and selling low cost cds without the overhead the major labels have.

So what i think the bottom line is, if you are making something that people WANT, you can make money from it, but dont expect to get rich -

but the point of music is not to get rich now is it?

Is it possible this cleansing of scene you speak of, will get all of the people who are in it for the $$$ to move on, leaving the people who actually write and play music for the love.....

Well quite the opposite of what...you didn't clearly read what I stated.

I said the big label will survive but are in horrendous times. But the big lables have the means to market and get the tracks out in other ways. The smaller labels that have less of an overhead still HAVE to sell the 1000 pressings that they make in order to make a profit. If people aren't buying records, record shops arent going to carry them and therefore that hurts sales across the board.

As for making money...if you're investing money in equipment and then investing endless hours on writing a quality track, that person sure as hell is going to want to make some kind of money off of it. Yes there's the love and yes there's the people that do it for the $$$. That's not going to change except for the people that do it for the love and then can't get a track signed aren't going to bother anymore.