Quote Originally Posted by Jay Pace

Ultimately the digital revolution should empower the artists and the labels, and utterly shaft the huge distributers and corporations.

The currency the bigwigs trade in is disappearing, and they need to reinvent themselves and offer something valuable. The means of producton are now open to all.
Which huge distributors are you speaking about? Probably not ones within the electronic scene?

And are the people working for them not entitled to earn a living like they have done so far? Shafting big companies means ordinary Joe employees losing out too.

Some record companies take the piss for sure, but they're not really the people we're thinking about here, are they?

I feel for any distributer that's having problems, particularly if they're pushing a style or styles of music they feel strongly about.

However, I did find it kinda odd the amount of new distributors that popped up after some bigger ones went bust. Rather than resurrect old existing labels or introduce many new labels.... many have just acted as middle men, trying to get a bite of an increasingly smaller pie. I guess a big bankroll initially is the key to a potentially more successful business venture, which is what many newer companies I suspect, have not all had at the ready.