Tag: music industry
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How would music look if labels were not a cartel?
Music looks free on the surface. Anyone can upload a track. Anyone can stream. Yet power never vanished. It consolidated. A small cluster of major labels still coordinates access, visibility, contracts, catalog ownership, and revenue flows. No conspiracy meetings are required. Structural alignment does the work. Therefore the real question is not whether music feels…
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How record label cartels shape and silence artists
The modern music industry looks like a competitive field of talent and creativity. To the outside world, artists appear to rise by merit, audiences decide what trends succeed, and cultural change flows naturally. But beneath this surface lies a cartel. A handful of corporations dominate global music, and their executives wield the power to elevate,…
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The music industry should live on welfare. If morality prevails over money
The music industry in a nutshell: careers are very short; the face wears off; if you don’t adapt to the proper current sound, you will perish. Or you have to have proper contacts so it must be deserved. You have to step aside for your colleague who will release an album as well. And I…