The Death Of The Music Industry...

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In this episode of the Top Music Attorney Podcast, Entertainment Attorney Miss Krystle dives into the misconception that the music industry is dying. She breaks down the how the direct to fan model is giving artists more control and better profits by cutting out traditional streaming platforms. Miss Krystle explains how the shift to direct sales and fan engagement is transforming the industry, empowering musicians to take charge of their careers with bigger paydays.

The episode also explores the growing role of AI in music creation and distribution. Miss Krystle shares how AI is becoming a game-changer, from generating melodies to designing cover art, and what this means for copyright in this new era. The discussion underscores the importance of artists embracing technology and new business models while staying true to their art. Are we seeing The Death Of The Music Industry?

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[TopMusicAttorney]

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[SteveWilliamsworld]

There was this guy. An Artist. Lived in desperate times. People didnt have money much less the inclination to go to an art gallery. Who had money for such things? He was broke. Lived with his Aunt after his own dad kicked his no good creative ass out of the house. NYC art scene didnt exist. No attention from people. But, he said his goal was to capture the beauty of the French countryside. That was the goal. He got more known later in life and became a huge success. His name was Monet. He didn't ask OTHER people what shade of purple to use. He painted what was in his heart. Oh, and he didnt get OTHER people to finish his paintings.

This is the way it is. The music business is not dead. True creatives will continue to create. if people pack it in because of adversity, their work doesn't mean shit anyway.

[Infern]

Music industry (mainstream) has been dead since the mainstream tried to make things based off demographics and psychology lures, locking out genres that aren't "radio friendly", keeping it at a mentality range in 12-16yrs old, and having years upon years of rap that works on the same mentality as commercialism. We're also behind as hell in regard to writing music in comparison to europe and making sure things are functionally defined for genre (not just calling it whatever to sell). Cultivating art and raising the bar is and has been dead.
AI is just making it an undead cyborg.

[ambrosiajam]

The music industry is always dying, they always say ‘Rock is dead’ or ‘disco sucks’ or ‘I hear banjo music, paddle faster!’ But the truth is that the business itself has always had very corrupt figureheads. This is for both live music and the record industry. The best way to do it is just play music if you feel it and if you are doing something people like, it will catch on. And it might night. You have to be INCREDIBLY lucky to even make a modest living doing ANY kind of music. Period. Like you’d have a better chance of winning the powerball jackpot. Seriously

[ZackAngelMusic]

A rabbit hole

We were better off selling CDs out of a trunk

[BeatRootius]

I worked for a music technology about 10 years ago and it was clear the model was broken.

Records labels stifling and holding back the music industry, any new idea was almost always rejected by execs who said the labels won’t allow it, we can’t do this or the labels will pull their catalog from our service so too risky.

I really hope artist start to take hold over their distribution and monetisation strategies

[jeremythornton]

I guess I'm just an old throwback. I have a small basement studio and i write and record my own songs there. I don't use auto-tune and i refuse to use any computer generated ideas. Everything you hear is me doing it all. And that's how I think music should be. If you can't sing in tune, don't use auto-tune, either do it over until you get it right, or hire a real singer. if you can't come up with chord progressions, learn how it's done.

[thoughtlessent]

What i like about bandcamp is that it kinda feels like your looking at a record store. You just scroll down til something catches your eye

[GodsUnrulyFriends]

A lot of people on this comment section are going back and forth arguing about streaming platforms. Some say we should abandon them (for reasons that are so obvious they don't bear mentioning). Others claim that Spotify and the others expose our music to new audiences.

Both sides make interesting and valid points. The almost unspoken concern, however, is that Spotify and other streaming platforms have exactly no way to drive traffic to one's own website. The listener will have to put in the work to find our online presence. And a lot of people are simply too lazy to do that. It's easier to just have the music for free - and how do we compete with "free?"

I don't claim to have any answers; I'm just trying to ask the right questions.

[Vivaildi]

For copyright, as a musician it is easy to transform, a whole AI metal track : changing the rtytmics, pitch, adding your own part, changing a lead melody. So easy for musicians not to be afraid of copyright. This involve of course to re-create the tracks in a DAW.

[andrewadam]

with all the independent artists working out with the major labels influence the music industry has never been better, we now get to hear music we want to listen to rather than what some suit in an office wants us to hear and the artists also get to showcase what they want us to hear rather than what they are told they have to produce ! yes it's less money but everyone involved is much much happier, there will be no major labels in the next ten years, their days are numbered

[lawrencerasmus]

I'm going back to cassettes and playing on the corner, selling tapes and cd's . I play for the joy, not the money. I am old as dirt and know I'm done😂

[djicebreaker]

Music will never die, it’s certainly changed that how artists make money, Distrokid does cover songs & they fan base website etc, sound cloud doesn’t it’s against copyright, great insight about Ai

[Sunmoonstars]

ALL ARTISTS PULL OFF YOUR SONG CATALOGS OFF ALL STREAMIMG COMPANIES! - CREATE YOUR OWN PATREON MAKE ALL THE Money for YOURSELF! GET SMART DONT BE AFRAID!

[Hz]

Listen, the future of the music industry belongs to the Artists that learn the Art of true Entrepreneurship. The way it should be.

[TheChartreuseLeprechaun]

The various tech companies already use their users data to train AI. That means that what humans do using AI now is simply training AI to do it later. Given the quality of AI music now, it's just a matter of time before that's all there is. It's cheaper to produce, easier to produce. And, people are liking it. So, why would companies not do that? And, the same will be true for many other creative spaces. Let's use art as an example. Why would someone pay a higher price for really good human done painting, when for much less money they get a really good painting done by AI? Now apply that to cover art. We can argue about the copyrights and infringements all we want. But, at the end of the day, my expectation is AI will be doing all this stuff "for us." And, people will be OK with it. Which is the saddest part of the situation.

[Sunmoonstars]

I STOPPED ADDING SONG RELEASES TO ANY STREAMING SERVICES!!

[mgd]

Rule #1 don't meet your hero and content throws an artists personal life out there. Content is not the new playground unless you have no dignity and feel like you need to work extra hard because, well you were told to.
It will ruin artists. If you can't just make music and get paid, who will pay you more money for you doing 3 to 4 jobs for free. It devalues art and artistry.
If you wouldn't work your 9 to 5 and do someone elses job for the same pay, why would you write, performe, record, mix, film and edit and expect someone to not work you to death for pennies?

[HowiSpangler]

I made a video about this very thing a while back and asked our fans their thoughts. One of the comments that came up a lot was that they wouldn’t want to have to sign up for another platform just to solely listen to our music. The super fans absolutely would but I’m wondering if the rest would follow us. Either way, I’m excited to try something new on the next release.

[Jo-Ann-du]

We're living in the days of *The Legend of John Henry* - 'Man vs The Machine'