The industry isn’t going anywhere, but it IS being completely redefined in favor of the artists. I’m happy to hear news about Radiohead and NIN pulling away from labels in order to claim their own rights and royalties. It’s great that musician’s are strong enough to think for themselves and that the industry is becoming such that artists can fend for themselves financially without the backing of/being robbed by labels.

TuneCore is founded on the premise that aritsts are making the music and therefore deserve to keep the money. Our model allows artists to keep every cent of the money they’re making – all we ask is a small up-front fee to cover the cost of delivery and the rest of the sales each artist makes is theirs to keep.

Coming soon, we will offer live accounting where our artists who are being sold in iTunes US can track their sales and trace them geographically. Meaning, the artists can literally see for themselves in what cities and states their music is selling best. We’re really excited about this and also to see what the artists are able to do with information like that, in terms of marketing and promoting themselves.

Thanks for posting this – I’m always happy to see news about the revolution taking place in the world of music right now.

Best,
Mary Barbour
Marketing Manager
TuneCore