Global Distribution and Creative Control? Why, It’s Madness!

“The clash between a musician’s creative impulses and the commercial imperatives that drive record companies is as old as recorded sound itself. Artists make the music and labels sell it, promoting and marketing it to the masses and reaping the lion’s share of the profits. The online music revolution has begun rewriting that equation… yet most digital music distributors still perpetuate the record company business model, grabbing a healthy chunk of an artist’s online sales.” One Boston entrepreneur is hoping to change that model, offering a new service which allows musicians to make their songs available on iTunes and other online services while retaining copyright control.