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Topic History of: Rather sad...
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Pee and See	At the end of the day, who cares whether the 'industry' doesn't make any money? People won't ever stop making music; recording it at home or on a friend's 16 track system; listening to it for free on Youtube etc. etc. It's been a commercial trough ever since some Frenchman came up with the concept of performing rights back in 1847, whilst sipping a glass of wine in some smokey Parisian cafe. This idea obviously led eventually to the formation of PRS/MCPS in the UK, who for some reason favour music publishing companies as members over individuals (see their membership criteria). Sadly, this keeps the majority of artists locked into publishing contracts which force them to hand over on average, half of their PRS income to the publishers. In an ideal world every songwriter and composer should be able to register with them and receive 100% of their share of the mechanical and performing rights royalties, don't you agree?
C Nicol	Sad? You are joking? I am rejoicing. Long may it continue. The UK major label record industry as the rest of the UK media is racist (how many black execs rise to the top), sexist, ruthless and greedy. They have amassed untold wealth whilst paying scant regard to those who got them there (the artists). Even you JK who has a rather overblown view of yourself (tongue in cheek I am sure though) are buying into this dinosaur. You are an independent music man. You should be aiding and heralding the rise of new indie labels who really nurture and develop talent, without having to kowtow to the establishment. No doubt you did very well with your label but ever since iTunes was supposed to save the world, things have become a lot worse for indie labels. The future is in artists hands and they are starting from ground zero. In fact you have a lot more in common with the so called new model than you realise. But even you are not helping others become more independent. Where is your story on UK Records? Where is your book on starting a label like you did? I am not losing sleep over EMI. Let's hope they all go under. Vive la independence!
JK2006	I think the decline of big labels started in the 70s - one of the reasons why I started UK Records (and tried to assist Sir Edward at Decca). It then went through a golden age; faltered as Videos made Audio second in the quality control line; allowed worse and worse executives to take over; began falling into the hands of conglomerates and the death blow... JK being removed as Guardian of Musical Morality in 2000.
Truss	Eat's, Shoot's and Leave's?!
DJones	There is a huge difference between "the original intent, success and concept of `labels´" and the big companies which dominated the music marketed since the late 50s. If EMI and Decca were so good at "discovering nurturing and promoting the best music talent", why was there a chance for men like Richard Branson, Chris Wright & Terry Ellis, Jonathan King, Jake Rivera & Dave Robinson etc. etc. to start new labels in the 70s?