Saving the music industry

By: Jon Mueller — Mar. 16, 2010

Just read a post yesterday about "wishful thinking" for the music industry. Any readers here have an opinion about the ability to use the internet/social media to distribute music vs. working with a label?

While I understand the possibilities that are available with the internet, there's still something inherently valuable about publishers (music and otherwise). If nothing else, they have another audience (often, quite a large one), that you might not have access to, no matter how adept at DIY you are. People follow publishers, and those people might not be following you. Yet, at least.

Is there a ChangeThis for music? There's all sorts of places to upload your music to, but is there a place that promotes it and distributes to a dedicated, interested audience? Might be something to work on in our spare time...

Anyone have a manifesto about this stuff - either typed, or in mind?