There is a lot of places you can get music now especially on the Internet.  But sometimes it is hard for music/ record labels,  and artist to sometimes grasp ways of making money off their music.  One question the music industry always ask is how can we monetize the net.  In layman terms how can we make a shit load of money online.  My belief is that not only is money made off the front end of a record or single.  Money can be made off the back-end(long tail)  especially if your site has analytical code set up.

Here is an example artist makes a dope album gives access to fans and music luvers to remix or do whatever through their site so the  music spreads.  The spreading of the artist music can be monetized by

The fans and supporters luv the shows the artist puts on.  Artist can sell merchandise clothing or what ever else that fits the artist.  The artist has a couple of dope songs that they can licence to TV,Movies,video games or even social organizations that think it is a great anthem for their organization.

With that perspective the artist is making plenty of money, if not more.  I think the back-end is going to be the most important, because pretty soon all music is going to be free online.  Artist will have to use their music as advertising to make people aware of their brand.

The next question is  artist who are very talented really need to sign to a major record label,  and the second question that arises is who would have more power the Artist or the record label.  The answer to both questions is in the 21st century if an artist comes correct the artist has the most power and leverage.  This new digitized music business the artist has the power and he or she can invite anyone to their party if she or he chooses especially if their music is dope.

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