http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080128/qtrax/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080128/qtrax/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 A Rare Post About the Music Industry That Isn’t Completely Depressing | Jimmy Guterman | Voices | AllThingsD Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:03:16 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080128/qtrax/#comment-1142 [...] The Qtrax debacle is getting most of the attention this week, with Warner Music’s ridiculous CEO compensation close behind, but there is promising news in the music industry worth noting. Late last year, there was much fuss around Radiohead’s decision to eschew usual distribution schemes and release In Rainbows in a variety of formats, among them free downloads. It was no surprise that the marketing plan worked well and, more recently, helped the on-CD version of the new album top many sales charts. Radiohead is an extremely popular band; of course its experiment did well. But if there’s going to be a music industry anymore, it’s going to be because non-platinum performers can make a living as musicians. [...] [...] The Qtrax debacle is getting most of the attention this week, with Warner Music’s ridiculous CEO compensation close behind, but there is promising news in the music industry worth noting. Late last year, there was much fuss around Radiohead’s decision to eschew usual distribution schemes and release In Rainbows in a variety of formats, among them free downloads. It was no surprise that the marketing plan worked well and, more recently, helped the on-CD version of the new album top many sales charts. Radiohead is an extremely popular band; of course its experiment did well. But if there’s going to be a music industry anymore, it’s going to be because non-platinum performers can make a living as musicians. [...]

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