Hi.
As you may know by now, LyMe is an independent, DIY band that makes music
mainly for the love and the fun of it and to share it with people who
like and appreciate it (you, hopefully!). Once the band started becoming
topic of discussion among many, we were often faced with questions on whether
is it worth it or not to continue doing things ourselves (DIY) and keep to a
minimum our participation in the (stale, unchanging and narrow-minded) corporate
recording industry. |
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Partial transcription of Joe Kidd's (AGE Records, Shitworkers, Carburator Dung, Dungpeople Web-Portal et al.) eye-opening discussion on the pros and the cons of being DIY, from his free newsletter COMMUNION #2, dated April 1999. Start HERE. | ||
Steve Albini's "Maximum Rock n' Roll - Major Labels - Some of your
friends are already this fucked" Zine, a great compilation of
articles written by various DIY writers from around the USA circa 1994. If this
doesnt convince you that corporate music is bad for your health, I dont
know what will. I have a paper copy with me, but stumbled upon a full digital copy in www.arancidamoeba.com, so I'll link you there instead. But if you want to go straight into the hardcore stuff click here! Sit back and enjoy! |
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Big Music Fights Back - An old industry tries to modernize. An article written by Mike Drummond and illustrated by Dave C. Wong for the Business 2.0 magazine, which brilliantly describes the five major labels' struggle for survival in the internet age, plus a featured research on their lawsuit against the internet MP3 sharing software, Napster. I found the article already online in the Business 2.0's website, but the bastards started charging for it, so unless you can find the mag in a library somewhere you'll have to register to read it: Big Music! |
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The real pirates Article written by Courtney Love, Sept 2000. Excellent stuff if youre still doubtful about major labels and their worldwide music monopoly. A must read. Read here. |