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James McDermott wrote:
>As for a name, I agree that "web releasing musician" is a bit

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>unwieldy, and "PIZZA" and "ECS-files" would require a bit too much

>explanation! "netlabel" is a term that already has some currency -

>could we use that or a variant?

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Yes, the term "netlabel" already has some currency, but I'm not so happy

with it.

Here's why:
* I'm discovering that almost every artist who made a release through a

netlabel consider it just as a starting point to gain some kind of fame

and recognition hoping to release a conventional cd for a *real* non-net

label.
* Most successful netlabels and their artist already have that "I'm too

busy to answer your emails" attitude. I could have lived happily without

this kind of people. Don't want to be perceived as a part of this scene,

for sure.
* A netlabel and the people who run it are still unnecessary middlemen,

albeit of a newer kind.
* If an artist gives his work to a netlabel, one of the reasons is what

Carlo described before as the need to have somebody else judge the

quality of his work. It's some kind of certification a true independent

artist could do without.
Obviously I'm not talking about all netlabels and every artist featured

there, but most of them.
c.

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