Making Money from Music

Music and economy were two very different things. But music has evolved into a commodity that can be sold. These are the two types on how to sell music: Major way and Indie way.
Major record companies are a “factory” that creates and sell music. They classify music based on profit. The ideal music for them is the one that they think can make a huge income to the company; regardless of what the musicians involved feel about the music. Musicians’ creative control to their music is thereby limited. Their job is no longer to create music from their heart, but rather to create a catchy, easy-listening tune. There are musicians that have no problem with this limitation, though, as long as they can have the money. These musicians are sometimes called sellouts.
But still, there are some other musicians that still have the dignity not to sell their creativity out. They start a movement that is independent from any types of creativity limitation by the means of profit. This is called Independent Movement or simply indie. Music in this movement is completely based on the musicians. Musicians have the rights to produce and publish any of their music. But they have to do that by their own money. The budget of course is significantly below the one spent in major record companies. So that means the product will automatically have a limitation in some aspects compared to the major one (e.g.: audience, quality of the package, etc.).
There is no guarantee to make a profit. For the ones who want to make a living from music, choosing between major company and indie label might be a hard job to do.

Agora Akbar Prayitno
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Good, thanks for posting Akbar.