Political Bloviation

Jeff Price: The Democratization of the Music Industry - Entertainment on The Huffington Post
The advent and general adoption of the Internet, digital media and hardware took control of the global music industry away from the record labels and media outlets and handed it to the masses. For the first time in history, through sites like TuneCore, all music creators can choose to be their own record label. There are no longer subjective gatekeepers controlling who gets let “in,” promoted and exposed. The choice is ours. Now, anyone can be famous.

Loss of control over the product and the associated revenue stream.

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