The Music Search

As the music industry continues to evolve and the RIAA continues to spiral and grab hold of the industry, the true 'industry,' which are the fans who buy the music and the artists who make it, are looking to other means of spreading music.

Because of the 'stingyness' of the suits in the industry, and the degrading of the quality of the music being released by certain record companies, a huge music search has begun. This music search is one in which new music never before broadcasted is being searched for and found.

But certain social music websites such as Last.fm, Pandora, and Imeem are so focused on the major artists and songs that are released from major record labels, that they are dealing with tough issues of keeping things in check with RIAA and the major record companies. In some cases, the costs involved to run these types of operations have caused some similar types of websites to have to close down. There has even been recent rumors that if Pandora doesn't figure out a way to actually make profit soon, they good end up closing shop, and that could devastate a lot of users.

Other sites like JamBuzzer plan to offer music from both sides of the fence, but will start off as more of a way to help users in their music search for brand new indie music by new artists. JamBuzzer also helps up-and-coming artists in a way that hasn't been done before to this point, and the company is looking to not only change the way that the internet music marketing technology industry operates, but also to put independent and major artists on the same playing field.

There are some artists who have not yet been discovered who potentially could put some of the more famous artists to shame with their music. Of course since these hot indpendent music artists don't have the budgets as their inferior talented major label supported counterparts, then they sit on the backburner as they are buried in the haystack with all of the other artists that no one is listening to.

Once a social music site starts to let major artists dominate the pages, then the indie artists who were responsible for building that site into what it became in the first place are left alone in the quicksand to sink to the bottom and never rise again, unless they get signed to a major label.

The problem is, in today's industry, a lot of indie music artists don't want to be enslaved, i mean signed to a major record label. This is because a lot of times, the deal isn't really favorible to a new music artist, and handcuffs are sometimes put on the artists creativity.

Also, it seems like all of the big opportunities go to the big-time artists first, and by the time they roll out to the new indie music artist, the industry happes to be in the middle of a significant change, and the majors are moving on to something else.

This is the equivalent of feeding the indie music artist the crumbs left on the floor after the majors have sat at the table for a scrumptous meal, and indie music doesn't deserve this type of treatment.

Indie music was responsible for building the social music networks when the major players were too stubborn to try something different, but as soon as they saw it was working then they decided to come and steal the plate.

And of course the major labels have always been pretty good at hypnotizing the fans to listen to whatever they forced in their heads.

But because technology and the internet is evlolving the way that it is, there is now a chance for the talented new music artist to play on the same field and become successful without the chains, i mean constrictions of a suffering major record label.

This makes it much easier for the new music artist to build a fanbase, make a living, and recieve a record deal on their terms if they decide to pursue one, and having the option to walk away if they don't like it. Today's revolutionary virtual music industry is one where if you promote your music right, then the major labels will have to play mby your rules.