"Always on the edge, David Byrne recently cranked up his own
internet radio station. (If you have iTunes you can find it in the 'eclectic' category)... Xeni Jardin interviewed Byrne a few days ago" for
NPR's "Day to Day", in a show about filesharing, and here's a bit of his thinking, via
Ratchet Up:
"I would love to have compensation for [my music]. But the argument of record companies standing up for artists rights is such a load of hooey. Most artists see nothing from record sales -- it's not an evil conspiracy, it's just the way the accounting works. That's the way major record labels are set up, from a purely pragmatic point of view. So as far as the artist goes -- who cares? I don't see much money from record sales anyway, so I don't really care how people are getting it."
Most musicians make ends meet through constant touring and from the sale of merchandise at concerts.
The corollary for filmmakers, I suppose, is the non-theatrical speaking gig. Why have no enterprising companies sprung up to capitalize on this by organizing and booking the circuit (at universities, film societies, and other grass-roots organizations) for indie filmmakers whose films have not been picked up for distribution?
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posted by Steve Gallagher @ 4/05/2005 10:07:00 AM
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