Live Chat Wednesday at NOON PST.

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Hi guys,

Mark here.  I was talking to my team about the label and my music, and they recorded some of it.  You can watch that by clicking here.  I want to continue this conversation with you guys on Wednesday.  The Live Chat will be here on the site at noon Pacific.  For more from that conversation, see below.  Looking forward to speaking with all of you.

– Mark

I decided to start my own label because I’m interested in trying to improve the potential relationship between an artist and his audience. Over the last 10 years obviously the music businesses has changed. I think a great mistrust has come about between labels and their customers and it’s led to piracy and illegal downloads. I feel that as an artist, if I can take responsibility for releasing my own music, take responsibility for the quality of those releases and take responsibility for my relationship with my audience, perhaps in some small way I can improve the situation. I’d like to get the “wow” factor back into records – back into music itself! I’d like to develop new musical products that an audience will truly enjoy so having my own vehicle to release my music is a good way to start on this adventure.

5 thoughts on “Live Chat Wednesday at NOON PST.

  1. back to the beginnings ,the digital media era has some what created a paradox in that the internet has opened up the market to allow artist to have exposure to an audience that has otherwise been out of touch, creating followings and personalising the interaction will only lead to better art and music, its beautiful , exciting and opens te up a world of opportunities.. I have done the same thing my slef, started my own lable and selling directly to people who are genuining intrested in my art, hey i dont make much, but its not the point, the personal connection is fantastic. look forward to speaking on wednesday. gareth-b

    1. my post have read like this… sorry for the typos and gramma… wow we are going back to the beginnings!! ,the digital media era has some what created a paradox in that the internet has opened up the market to allow artists to have direct contact and exposure to an audience that has otherwise been out of reach, we are now able to create followings and to personalise the interaction, it will only lead to better art ,its a beautiful “re-birth” free from constraints,as you put it free from fixed format expectations, and opens up a world of opportunities.. I have done something similar my self, started my own label and talking directly to people who are genuining intrested in my art, hey i dont make much, but its not the point, the personal connection is fantastic. look forward to speaking to you on wednesday. gareth-b

  2. Thank you for doing this, Mark.
    You’ve already opened up the doors with your recent Sketch Art series, your offerings of free downloads, your responsiveness on social network media, and your independent recording efforts. You have shown us that you consider your music part of an ongoing dialogue, rather than a consumer paradigm.
    Jane Siberry has already done some of the things you propose, as have a few other artists.
    Best regards from Japan . . .

  3. This quote has been haunting me for awhile:

    “…unfortunately when you talk about digital products you are talking about free products. Not that they should be free, just they they ARE free. Performance art (as opposed to sculpting, etc.) has always been free. You could make money if you charged for a seat or a at the door. When a type of performance art was captured (filmed or recorded) you charged for the delivery device (vinyl, cassette, cd, dvd) never for the actual music. To misunderstand this and rage against it is the beginning of a very long and hard (and ultimately failed) journey. We could strive to change the way people think. But to change that mind set, that behavior (as if it were even possible) would ultimately kill our ability to promote ourselves in the digital age. Or worse, just create opportunity for more innovative musicians to render us dinosaurs. Better to spend our time and energy thinking up new things to sell and services to provide to people that enjoy the free digital music… because when something doesn’t cost anything to copy and distribute (from an economic standpoint) it’s free. The only way to control something that can be digitized is to never share it.
    -http://www.jeffmacdougall.com

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