I stole this from a band called, the Lucky Jukebox Brigade in facebook. What they said here is so true.

Who needs to be signed to a record label, ya know? I used to dream of being signed to a record label whether Indie or Major but I don’t care anymore. Too many bands & artists live under the delusion of becoming a signed band whether indie or major but with the power of the internet… you don’t need record labels anymore. A lot of unsigned bands & artists these days have been doing the DIY approach of releasing their music for the internet.

I’m about to do the same. Do the DIY approach with my own music when I start to make albums. When I make albums, I’m going to release them all on the internet for free. A lot of bands & artists don’t care to the DIY approach anymore. They would rather have the label do all the work for them. When you release your album for the internet, it’s all up to you whether you want to have people pay for it or release your album for free.

It’s just that what a lot of bands & artists do is that they don’t release their albums in it’s entirety online. They make you listen to like 3 or 4 songs and if you like it enough, they make you pay for the whole thing. Why not just release the whole damn album?

A lot of bands & artists online can be pretty shady when it comes to releasing music online, they’re all about the money really.

You don’t need labels anymore to get recognized for your music. To get recognized for your music online all it takes is good marketing skills, word of mouth and just simply making good music. You can do all that on your own and you don’t need a label to do that for you. A lot of bands & artists are so lazy and careless when it comes to marketing their music. I think I’m pretty good at marketing and promoting my own music but I could get better at it, though. You don’t need a record label to become a star. If you know what you’re doing, you can become a star on your own by doing all the work yourself.

The internet is a powerful tool. With the power of the internet, you don’t need to make CD’s anymore either. I love the internet and that’s why I have chosen to make albums for the internet only and not make albums on physical CD. Nobody cares for CD’s anymore to begin with. Everyone’s getting their music digitally nowadays.

Kev