Word: labelling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...respectfully object to the broad-brush stereotyping of our diverse ideas and viewpoints as "very conservative," particularly given the discriminatory values attached by Dean Avery to that label...
...Backstreet Boys are not 'N Sync's good friends. They threatened to leave Jive when the label took on 'N Sync. Now the boys claim the marionette theme of 'N Sync's new video was stolen from them. While careful not to say anything bad about their rivals, 'N Sync clearly feels much warmer toward 98 Degrees, with whom they talk regularly. They are also big fans of Britney Spears, whom most of them think to be the most attractive of the blond teenage girl pop stars...
...this, finally, the moment every independent band in the world has waited for--heartening proof that in the age of digital music and the Internet, tyrannical major record labels have become as last year as Ricky Martin? Not quite. "There isn't an artist anywhere who, if they could get a good contract, wouldn't take it," Wasserman says. Indeed, last month they inked a deal with Jimmy and Doug's Farm Club, a new subsidiary of Universal Music named after Interscope co-chairman Jimmy Iovine and Universal head Doug Morris. Wasserman hasn't made an album on the label...
...spawning even more of them. "I don't believe that having 30,000 songs by any number of unknown artists is what the average consumer is excited about," says Al Teller, the former head of CBS Records and MCA Music Entertainment Group. Last year Teller founded an Internet record label based in Santa Monica, Calif., called Atomic Pop, which has released albums by Chuck D and Ice-T; they can be purchased from Atomic Pop's website in the form of a CD or a downloaded file. The musicians keep half the revenue, compared with the 10% they...
...that's bad news for indie musicians. Even more ominous is the reality that the major labels are finally making their move online. In January Warner Music agreed to buy rival EMI, which has already announced plans to begin releasing digital singles and albums from its stable of artists. Jimmy and Doug's Farm Club reflects the changed environment: it's a hybrid of a traditional record label and a freewheeling, indie-friendly MP3 site. While the music of artists officially signed by the Farm Club will be promoted and marketed by Interscope or another Universal imprint (and given face...