[Microsound-announce] Free as in Netlabel at Disquiet.com

[Andras Hargitai]

Hi all,

"Come 2006, there are more than enough netlabels to fill even the most
discerning of harddrives. A "netlabel" is a web-based distributor of
music that charges nothing for the music it promotes. Though the
concept seems to not only flout but upend conventional wisdom about
how a record label functions, there are hundreds of these enterprising
organizations around the globe, the significant majority of them
focusing on electronic music."
 ...
"To dig a little deeper into the subject, I ran a short-term
discussion group earlier this year with the administrators of three
exemplary netlabels. As with a previous Disquiet-based online
discussion ("After 'Thursday Afternoon,'" on the 20th anniversary of
the Brian Eno album), the conversation transpired in private via an
Internet-based forum, and what appears below is a transcription that
was lightly edited after the dialog had reached its natural
conclusion.

The participants were Andras Hargitai of Complementary Distribution ,
based out of Budapest, Hungary; Nathan Larson of Dark Winter, based
out of Minnetonka, Minnesota; and Pedro Leitao of Test Tube, based out
of Lisbon, Portugal.

Over the course of a couple of weeks, the discussion ranged from the
theoretical to the practical, at times serving as a sounding board, at
others as a technical support group, as Hargitai, Larson and Leitao
discussed the cost of free downloads, the online community of
uploaders and the transition from physical distribution to virtual."
- By Marc Weidenbaum at Disquiet.com

You can read more here: http://disquiet.com/netlabel3.html

I would like to thank Marc that I could take part in this discussion,
it was indeed an experience. Greets to Pablo and Nathan, the other
label admins.
I am hoping to see more discussions like this in the netlabel scene.

cheers,
Andras
Bitlab/Cod