Sell out is a stupid word. Any artist who is willing to sell their work as a product, weither it's a big label or a small one, is selling out so to speak, as in compromising their personal expression for profit gains, EVERY recording artist that has ever existed has done this the day they got a contract, no matter the kind of label. And if you are gonna sell your music for profit you might as well make a damn good profit.
What reason is there not to join a big label these days?
Record companies are more liberal than they used to be and they dont really try to compromise your sound and creativity anymore (unless you are one of those crappy radio rock bands that only care about money to begin with), you have more technology at your disposal so you can do things that you'd have extreme difficulty doing on a small sh*tty label and oh yeah, your music would reach more people than just pretentious hipster kids who care more about the idea of being on a small label than making quality music.
Sometimes "selling out" has another meaning and an even dumber one, and that's making more accessible music. I don't want ANYONE to tell me I should be restricted to doing a certain kind of thing for the rest of my career, I wouldn't tolerate it even from fans. If my band decided one day to make a pure pop record, not because we wanted more money but because god forbid we actually like pop music, then that's something we would do.
Besides, what artist wouldn't want to make enough money so they can start their OWN label and be their own boss?
Last edited by boo boo; 07-09-2010 at 06:56 AM.
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