As an Indie Artist, Should You Give Your Music Away for Free or Charge?
- Casey van Wensem
- 31 mars 2016
- 1 min de lecture
As a musician, you’ve probably been told over and over again that recorded music simply doesn’t have any value anymore. Ever since Napster shook up the scene in the ‘90s, it’s been getting harder and harder to convince music fans to pay for music, and it seems that by 2016, most artists and labels are giving up on the idea of trying to make money from album sales.
The problem with this argument, however, is that not everyone agrees that music should be free. If Taylor Swift and Adele are refusing to give into the world of streaming music and free downloads, can’t other artists take the same route as well? After all, we need to make a living somehow.
The music industry is definitely in the midst of a major shift, and it seems that even the major labels haven’t figured out the best way to make money from music these days. So where does that leave independent artists? Here’s a breakdown of the two competing viewpoints on the music industry today, and what you can take away from them.
The argument for free music
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The argument for paid music
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Where does this leave you?
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