How the Music Industry Works

Finding out the music industry was flawed and inconsiderate is not a surprise to me. I always knew the industry was one of the biggest scams but it’s not always so apparent to the artists and the rest of society. Like many other aspects of our lives, the industry fell prey to the effects of capitalism. At the end of the day, the goal of labels is not to do anything other than rake in as much money as possible. Their focus then is not on the artist but on the green. Artists then fall victim to the system and end up in a cycle they can’t get out of. The blame, however, doesn’t just lie with the record companies, it lies in everyone taking part in the deal. Some artists are moved by money and as soon as they see “large” (large to the artist, but it remains a very small amount of the money generated for the companies) advances of money they automatically think “they made it in life”. In essence, they’re blinded by the money upfront and become oblivious when the labels end up holding money or acting in ways against the artists. We’re all just moved by money, the music industry is no different from any other industry.