Direct-To-Fans: Nurturing Relationships — Without a Middleman. The label is dead. Long live … what exactly? Can all artists now follow in Radiohead’s footsteps, or do the majors still play a vital role?
We examine how fans are funding their own favourite acts’ next album, weigh up the impact of an open publishing landscape and ask whether the labels are really reinventing themselves for the new realities.
Panelists:
Ed Averdieck, Director, Real World
David Courtier-Dutton, CEO, Slicethepie
Erik Nielsen, Managing Director, Intact Records/Racket Records
Johan Vosmeijer, CEO, SellaBand
Moderator:
Rafat Ali, Founder, Publisher and Co-Editor, ContentNext Media
