Originally Posted by Billy Darnell

Secondly, I think you'll find that if most artists, or songwriters, have to pay to have their songs heard on internet radio,they will opt out. The better ones anyways. The only folks doing that are the people who can't get mainstream play, either here, or in Europe. In my opinion if the only alternative I have to getting my songs played on the radio is to pay some one to play them, especially internet radio, then I need to get out of the business, and I think most other creditable songwriters and artists will feel the same way.


I believe that the vast majority of Mainstream radio has been pay to play for years.....that's what the $500k that record labels spend on "promotion" is.

My guess is that the future of music is in selling advertising. Music will be given away free and paying advertisers will piggyback on whatever system is used, whether that is iTunes, MySpace, Sirius, or whatever. The musician's challenge from a business standpoint will be figuring out how to get a share of the advertising revenue which will probably come from royalties, endorsements and sponsors, not sales. Sad, but I think true.....and yes, a lot of small timers will do it just for fun or give up altogether.

Colin

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