http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2007/02/vote-positively-with-your-pocketbook.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2007/02/vote-positively-with-your-pocketbook.html/comment-page-1#comment-3319 Industry Insider Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:48:31 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2244#comment-3319 With some of the things I'm saying on here I will obviously be remaining anonymous. Unfortunately there are some substantial problems. eMusic itself is actually owned by Universal (<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/10/BU120006.DTL&type=business" rel="nofollow">reference</a>), so eMusic is fully a part of the RIAA. This is a major problem throughout the online music purchasing system, about as close as you get to independent is Yahoo Music, which is far from independent with major links with the majors. CDBaby would be good except that they have a sizable history of never paying the artists at all. Approximately 90% of the artists I talk to that have been on CDBaby have actually withdrawn and ceased even discussing things with CDBaby. CDBaby continues to sell CDs form these artists, but cannot deliver anything. CDBaby was not meant to be a con job, but it has turned into one. All other online independent CD sales companies are quickly becoming the same as "issues" creap into the system. The best alternative I know of for purchasing online would actually be Soundclick, they at least have a reputation of giving the artist what is due. For your listening pleasure though I encourage everyone to frequent their local live music venue, Jambase (<a href="http://www.jambase.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>) has quite a selection. For those of you in the Los Angeles area I personally prefer Whisky a GoGo, but Viper Room and Roxy are trendier. If you visit the Roxy make sure you have a visit to On The Rox upstairs it's a wilder party, even though the groups usually aren't as good. In the SF Bay, Bay Music Scene (<a href="http://www.baymusicscene.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>) has a good listing of shows, and Bay Events is hard to use, and lists a lot of clubs, but the information is usually pretty good as well in finding live shows. In the Inland Empire (Riverside/San Berbardino County California), have a peek at Skinnie Magazine (<a href="http://www.skinniemagazine.com/" rel="nofollow">website</a>), they cover a lot of events there and all the way out to Las Vegas. If you're in Vegas and can't find a party there's something wrong with you. In any major music scene city (basically any large city) it is only necessary to find a single substantial club, they almost always have free magazines, and in most of those cities the magazines are even more widely available (Chicago is the only exception I know of off-hand), just find one, and you should be set. Myspace also has a horrifyingly useless listing, but it can be useful for finding the event locations. Long live LIVE MUSIC. With some of the things I’m saying on here I will obviously be remaining anonymous.
Unfortunately there are some substantial problems. eMusic itself is actually owned by Universal (reference), so eMusic is fully a part of the RIAA. This is a major problem throughout the online music purchasing system, about as close as you get to independent is Yahoo Music, which is far from independent with major links with the majors.
CDBaby would be good except that they have a sizable history of never paying the artists at all. Approximately 90% of the artists I talk to that have been on CDBaby have actually withdrawn and ceased even discussing things with CDBaby. CDBaby continues to sell CDs form these artists, but cannot deliver anything. CDBaby was not meant to be a con job, but it has turned into one.
All other online independent CD sales companies are quickly becoming the same as “issues” creap into the system.
The best alternative I know of for purchasing online would actually be Soundclick, they at least have a reputation of giving the artist what is due.
For your listening pleasure though I encourage everyone to frequent their local live music venue, Jambase (website) has quite a selection. For those of you in the Los Angeles area I personally prefer Whisky a GoGo, but Viper Room and Roxy are trendier. If you visit the Roxy make sure you have a visit to On The Rox upstairs it’s a wilder party, even though the groups usually aren’t as good.
In the SF Bay, Bay Music Scene (website) has a good listing of shows, and Bay Events is hard to use, and lists a lot of clubs, but the information is usually pretty good as well in finding live shows.
In the Inland Empire (Riverside/San Berbardino County California), have a peek at Skinnie Magazine (website), they cover a lot of events there and all the way out to Las Vegas.
If you’re in Vegas and can’t find a party there’s something wrong with you.
In any major music scene city (basically any large city) it is only necessary to find a single substantial club, they almost always have free magazines, and in most of those cities the magazines are even more widely available (Chicago is the only exception I know of off-hand), just find one, and you should be set.
Myspace also has a horrifyingly useless listing, but it can be useful for finding the event locations.
Long live LIVE MUSIC.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2007/02/vote-positively-with-your-pocketbook.html/comment-page-1#comment-3318 Adam Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:00:08 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2244#comment-3318 I think one of the things that makes this most interesting is the conflict of security concerns. The labels want security in their revenue streams. I want security in what I buy, I'll have next week. I think one of the things that makes this most interesting is the conflict of security concerns. The labels want security in their revenue streams. I want security in what I buy, I’ll have next week.

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