lol i dont see anything as complaining what he's stating is fact, you can ask any music making professional all the complaints are the same even from the "successful" guys who have adapted to the business model.
He's stating/expressing how he is dissatisfied with the flow of money, young artists, etc. He is complaining. What you seem to be confusing is the word "complaint" with "whining." Some will say he is whining, that is subjective, but what isn't subjective is the fact he's complaining. The article supports this with certain statements and so does any dictionary at your disposal. In addition, it seems you don't understand the word adapt but we'll get to that later.
If companies like Netflix and Apple can adapt then why cant a musician lol? Who said a musician cant adapt and just doesnt want to.
Please rephrase this.
Why would you honestly want to come from making 100k a beat and adapt to an industry that tries to force you to give away your music for free? Why is he the bad guy here? do you guys really mean to say that?
You're confusing
adapt with
conform.
Adapt - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
to change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation
Conform - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
to do what other people do : to behave in a way that is accepted by most people
its so funny watching producers turn on other producers who are just trying to set you up for success and bring things to light from a different perspective. But naw, hes just old and bitter and couldnt. I just wish you guys would be more honest and say "yea things are bad but we dont know how to do anything about it and cant stand up for ourselves so we call it adapting to the climate of the industry" lol
I've said nothing about the guy being old and bitter. In fact, in one of my previous replies I asked what his age had to do with anything. It has nothing to do with it. And who is saying things are bad? What is bad to him may be a slice of heaven to the next cat, so I'm not going to sit here and say things are bad when I'm working on my craft, putting 100% in and seeing results.
not everybody is old and bitter, theres a reason why the biggest music producers in the industry make the least amount of their money off actual music. They adapted to the business and now dont even make music lol
I didn't say everyone was old and bitter. In fact, you can throw age out the window because in reality this has nothing to do with age.
the slave mentality of the new age producer is funny.
I don't know if this was directed at me personally but I'm not a "new age producer" and, if I had the slave mentality, I wouldn't have developed a tech and business model to be licensed to music companies.
I understand that technology and the fact that every artist releases music for free has ruined our value but jesus lol. I'm curious how much further are you going to adapt?
How much further depends on the person and their ability to create and utilize what is known as
disruptive technology or
disruptive innovation.
What are you guys doing to make sure youre able to make a living? I used to be that guy, on these forums you can search. Telling all the old niggas to get with the times and go and do all these things to make money so i wouldnt have to rely on cheap crappy artists to pay me
I've shed some light on what I'm doing in these forums. I've shed some in this very thread. I developed a model and distribution method to be licensed out. Best case scenario is the tech gets licensed out to labels and you see a return of real producers and artist development. Worst case scenario means I'm playing in this area and controlling this specific market share for four to six years. I had to adapt. After seeing that no one I helped out was going to return the favor, by seeing that people were scary and weak as water, I had to adapt, say **** it, look at the industry and come up with something that would be a win win for me.
then i realized sometimes its not about making money with them, its the overall principle of literally watching something that you could feed a family off of for a couple years with one song to now being worthless.. our music is worthless everything youre doing right now is worthless. Go to a label right now with beats and theyll laugh at you, every second that passes by your music is becoming more and more crap
I wouldn't be stupid enough to go to a label with beats. I'd understand their needs, where they are lacking, potential growth areas, etc and then I'd go with something they could invest in and allow them to see ROI very quickly.
what you gonna say lol you gonna place things on TV and Video Games and commercials? lol even those dudes dont pay the same because music is worthless, of course the money is still good, but thats perspective of a young dude trying to get established, not a vet that has a family established off of music checks.
Music isn't worthless. Just ask Apple if it's worthless. They're seeing quarterlies in the billion dollar range. Hell nah it ain't worthless, lol.
But yea you right. Old folks get in line.. just give your music away like the rest of us GOSH.. dont you want deez placements dawg?!?
Again, you're confusing adapting with conformity. I'm not suggesting he give ANYTHING away for free. I'm saying he needs to change his business model and company culture or align himself with people who have a similar company culture. In other words...adapt.
Daz Dillinger Says "Grand Theft Auto V" Used His Songs Without Permission | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHop DX - I mean Come on Daz you old ass nigga, get with the times.. i know Grand Theft Auto broke every record for a video game and made almost billions worth of revenue.. and they only gonna give you 4k.. BUT COME ON LOOK AT ALL THE PROMOTION YOU CAN USE IT TO LAUNCH YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN RIGHT... right? lol
Adapt lol
Again, you're confusing two different things here. Netflix was able to adapt to a changing market by doing what? Developing original content. Apple was able to adapt to the mobile market by doing what? Developing new iPhones and services associated with them. Dr. Dre was able to adapt to the mp3 craze by doing what? Making earphones. Ancillary goods and services, co-branding, etc. You adapt. Instead what does Quik do? He takes a MAJOR selling point off his resume and decides its best to throw in the towel. Well **** it, if that's what you wanna do Quik so be it.
And the shit with Daz was dead wrong.
In closing, I'm not saying anyone should give away anything for free. If you made it, or provide a service, and you want to charge for it then you charge for it. What I'm saying is to be innovative and create new ways to make money. What's that word again? Oh yeah, adapt.