Label boss encourages artists to avoid record companies
By Danny Mendez
How are record labels supposed to survive if label bosses are condemning the very idea of them? In a major win for artists and arguably art itself, music industry mogul Alan McGee recommends bands avoid signing with a label.
Who’s Alan McGee? According to his Wikipedia entry, the British musician found the independent label known as Creation Records. The label survived from 1983 to 2000. McGee is also known for signing Oasis and the Libertines, two very popular and influential English bands. He was also the founder of another label called Poptones, which began after Creation Records’ demise and launched the career of The Hives in the UK…
…in other words, he’s a big deal in the music world, so when he condemned record labels in an interview for Xfm, people’s heads started turning.
I’d recommend a band not to go to any record label, I think they’re all fucking rubbish.
You’re better off doing it yourself. They’re living in the past, it’s like owning a tram company or something.
And I couldn’t agree more. If you’re an artist, all the tools you need to record, edit, finish, and distribute music are extremely affordable. In other words, all you need is a PC, some peripherals, and a server to host your music. So I don’t want to hear anymore complaining about not getting on a record label!
I’ve seen friends of mine record and edit music using nothing but Garage Band and a MacBook Pro. The sound quality you can achieve through such a set-up (under the proper conditions) is surprisingly decent. For a more professional finish, companies such as M-Audio offer products to make and mix music using any decent Mac or PC.
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Alan McGee is more than likely setting any would be artist on the right path. But the sad reality is that most artists want that quick stardom along with that very fast temporary dollar–paycheck. And so many independent artist will eventually have no choice but to do it themselves: Sony don’t want them, EMI don’t want them, not BMG, or Universal Music Group. But if you manage to finish your product and loan it out to some agreement, everyone that got a copyright abuse system will want that eXploitation–{ Literati X }. . .