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I Told You So!!!

Date: May 15, 2004 @ 3:16 PM

For those of you who may remember, last year I wrote an article for Underground Beat Online on the impact of the Internet Independent music movement and its effect on the music industry. As you may or may not recall, I got a lot of mixed responses from those I interviewed. Here's the article to refresh your memory (click on October 2003):

http://www.undergroundbeatonline.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cat=home&page=editorials

Anyway, I got my confirmation while reading the May 17 edition of Newsweek. In an article titled "Rock's Big Bounce" is the first written acknowledgement of the Independent music scene and the Internet stands front and center as the source of it all. Musicans have been able to garner a much larger audience using the internet. For example, I have fans as far away as Japan and I have more fans in new York and Pennsylvania than I do in my home here in Spokane, Washington!

The article, written by staff writer Devin Gordon, says "After a grim decade, the rock scene is producing music--lots of it--that's worth getting on a plane to hear. And better still, people are buying it."

The article also states, "Now, thanks in part to file-sharing and iPods...it's hard to get through the week without making a find."

According to this article, MTV has begun loading indie videos into their playlist, so those of you who have videos--find a way to contact MTV!

The bottom line is we are starting to gain attention to what we do because of what we do and there's no way this is gong to stop anytime soon. With thousands of acts to choose from, I can't see attention being drawn away from the Internet anytime soon like Seattle, Boston, or Manchester "scenes" were. This is a fluid, ever-changing environment and you can't see it all in one day. Ladies and gentelmen, we have arrived!

Have a great day--I know I will!

Chris
fish.dmusic.com

woodhead

Date: May 15, 2004 @ 8:10 PM

that is a great article, and I agree with you 100% the indie movement is starting to take off, and the internet is our tool for getting tunes to the masses.

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