yenvalmar, 15 May 2008 @ 3:45pm
sorry for the chain posts- a summary
i am a professional artist so i hope that excuses my flakiness somewhat.
to sum up all that crap i see things going two ways-
one the traditional big budget credit card to finance for profit commercial entertainment role will be and already has been largely filled by hardware manufacturers- the sector of the economy that specialized in selling products that can now be reproduced and distributed for essentially free, is going to just go away as it stands today. (barely stands we might add.)
second, for "independant" musicians who dont want to participate in the big money system, there are, thanks to free distribution, many more opportunities to reach a large audience, which will very likely have a miniscule "sell through" rate but still potentially enough for many entertainers, bands, filmmakers etc to make a modest living or supplementary income equal to any hard costs incurred in creating the recording, movie whatever. (buying gear, blowing up cars, etc). computers have also greatly lowered the production costs, though not to zero, a gigantic amount, so it doesnt cost more than a few thousand in hardware to make a completely professional recording and consumer distribution of media of any sort these days.
yenvalmar, 15 May 2008 @ 3:45pm
sorry for the chain posts- a summary
i am a professional artist so i hope that excuses my flakiness somewhat.
to sum up all that crap i see things going two ways-
one the traditional big budget credit card to finance for profit commercial entertainment role will be and already has been largely filled by hardware manufacturers- the sector of the economy that specialized in selling products that can now be reproduced and distributed for essentially free, is going to just go away as it stands today. (barely stands we might add.)
second, for "independant" musicians who dont want to participate in the big money s
ystem, there are, thanks to free distribution, many more opportunities to reach a large audience, which will very likely have a miniscule "sell through" rate but still potentially enough for many entertainers, bands, filmmakers etc to make a modest living or supplementary income equal to any hard costs incurred in creating the recording, movie whatever. (buying gear, blowing up cars, etc). computers have also greatly lowered the production costs, though not to zero, a gigantic amount, so it doesnt cost more than a few thousand in hardware to make a completely professional recording and consumer distribution of media of any sort these days.