Comments on: Revenue Streams vs. Promotional Channels http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/revenue-streams-vs-promotional-channels/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/revenue-streams-vs-promotional-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-20857 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:56:47 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5537#comment-20857 To the major labels, that was as much a feature as it was a bug. Maximising sales of the smallest possible roster of artists was (briefly) a very profitable business model for them.

I’m sure they hate the way the internet has fragmented the market. Which, I fear gives them little motivation to encourage digital services intended as discovery channels, and too much motivation to stifle them through overpriced licencing and royalty demands.

]]> By: PaulE http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/revenue-streams-vs-promotional-channels/comment-page-1/#comment-20855 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:22:57 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5537#comment-20855 Will this happen if the major labels fail to see that the pre-digital market was fundamentally undermined by the public only being able to hear a small proportion of releases on mainstream radio? So many people copied onto tape that opposition to internet piracy can seem like blatant hypocracy – even when it is self evident that paying for music enables the artist to work on more. I’m quite happy to pay full price for artists I already know – or are recommended by a trusted source, but some system of free access on demand is the only way to go beyond those limits.

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