Comments on: fog of war and Lala http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/07/fog-of-war-and-lala/ internet music technology Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: gurdonark http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/07/fog-of-war-and-lala/comment-page-1/#comment-4979 gurdonark Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:33:29 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=2243#comment-4979 I believe that the streaming music model will prove tricky to operate, but if it is to really work, it will work on an emusic basis, with indie labels accepting reasonable royalties in return for exposure for their artists. The time will yet come that an inventive streamer or netlabel will succeed in making an unknown CC artist streaming label work commercially. But that will be a completely different thing than a conventional streaming operation--it will be a form of Ralph-records-style cult audience creation. I believe that the streaming music model will prove tricky to operate, but if it is to really work, it will work on an emusic basis, with indie labels
accepting reasonable royalties in return for exposure for their artists.

The time will yet come that an inventive streamer or netlabel will succeed in
making an unknown CC artist streaming label work commercially. But that will be a completely different thing than a conventional streaming operation–it will be a form of Ralph-records-style cult audience creation.

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