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Re: [microsound] welcome to McCapitalism

>So are you saying that there is no real difference between a small label and
>a large corporation because the small label doesn't function under a
>fundamentally different economic model?

From: anechoic <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
this is correct when you exploit the labor of another person for your
profit...you become a mini-me version of the big boys...you may not have
the media clout/financial power that larger businesses have but you are
subject to operate your business based on similar choices, principals,
survivial tactics etc...
KIM

But you're making a couple of big assumptions. An artist who self-releases is not exactly exploiting another's labor (except perhaps people at the pressing plant, print shop, post office, record store, but in those cases the label owner is being a "consumer"). Secondly I question the assumption that a label necessarily needs to be operated as a business. What about those labels that lose money or just barely break even? This is why I take issue with the original poster's point that there is no "alternative economy." If one expects independant music to make a profit for a bunch of people who have nothing to do with making music well then you're obviously playing by the same rules as the big boys.

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