Name: Anonymous 2010-06-06 15:02
I'm a professional musician, and my business model has changed a lot since the bittorrent revolution.
I have a seedbox with my albums pumping 24/7 into as many torrent sites as I can. I include with each release a chart with details of upcoming gigs. Numbers coming out to see me had been rising steadily until last month.
The country's largest ISP has begun a three strikes system for music downloaders. The other week, they sent me a cease and desist for seeding MY albums on their network. I responded with an extremely sharply worded letter to the contrary.
I'd say I make more money without a record label than most guys on contracts, just freelance gigging and distributing my albums for free to people. I also encourage remixing (GPL style Open Source music :D) and sampling of my work for non-profit distribution.
Anti-Piracy is hurting my business as a small-medium performer. Fuck the RIAA and IMRO (my country's musicians representative body).
I have a seedbox with my albums pumping 24/7 into as many torrent sites as I can. I include with each release a chart with details of upcoming gigs. Numbers coming out to see me had been rising steadily until last month.
The country's largest ISP has begun a three strikes system for music downloaders. The other week, they sent me a cease and desist for seeding MY albums on their network. I responded with an extremely sharply worded letter to the contrary.
I'd say I make more money without a record label than most guys on contracts, just freelance gigging and distributing my albums for free to people. I also encourage remixing (GPL style Open Source music :D) and sampling of my work for non-profit distribution.
Anti-Piracy is hurting my business as a small-medium performer. Fuck the RIAA and IMRO (my country's musicians representative body).