Technology has leveled the music industry playing field. It used to be that an artist had to make a demo, submit it to many record labels, and hope and pray they were at least called.
The next best thing to getting a record deal was starting your own label but doing so was expensive & risky. There was no guarantee of success and all the rules still applied for a traditional business: most of them fail within the first 5 years. Let's not even talk about "Industry Rule #4080" and the shadiness that exist with some of the people in the industry.
There are countless stories of artist who have gotten jerked in the music business. From poor money management to getting robbed of publishing rights, it's all happened.
In comes the Internet to change the music game forever.
Most music websites in the beginning of the Internet were static webpages. You had sites that allowed you to put up a picture and some words. Then came websites with sound bites and finally the ability to upload songs. Later the ability to upload videos was developed and the game changed.
The next best thing to getting a record deal was starting your own label but doing so was expensive & risky. There was no guarantee of success and all the rules still applied for a traditional business: most of them fail within the first 5 years. Let's not even talk about "Industry Rule #4080" and the shadiness that exist with some of the people in the industry.
There are countless stories of artist who have gotten jerked in the music business. From poor money management to getting robbed of publishing rights, it's all happened.
In comes the Internet to change the music game forever.
Most music websites in the beginning of the Internet were static webpages. You had sites that allowed you to put up a picture and some words. Then came websites with sound bites and finally the ability to upload songs. Later the ability to upload videos was developed and the game changed.
