From your mouth to God's ears. Moby sat down for a little chat at the 2011 EMP Pop Conference on Saturday, where he was joined by fellow panelists Raphael Saadiq and TV on the Radio's David Sitek. During the panel discussion talk teetered toward his feelings about the corrupt major music business and how he feels about the talentless suits that run them.
"I truly believe, as an institution, most major labels should just die,” said Moby, who saw his biggest sales with 1999's Play (which is still one of my all-time favorite albums) while on V2 Records (distributed at different times by BMG and WEA). Before that, he was signed to Elektra Records.
"There was a time when the music business was incredibly monolithic and there were only two ways to get your music heard: sign to a major label, get your music played on MTV and get it played by big radio stations," Moby continued. "Thank God, that period has come to an end... Signing to a major, for 99.9% of the musicians on the planet, is the worst thing they could do... They've treated musicians badly. They've treated fans badly. They've treated the music badly, most importantly. For that reason, they either need to reinvent themselves or die quietly." Moby's new album, Destroyed, is due out May 17 on Mute Records.
Sitek agreed with Moby saying, "Don't be under the impression that they have any concern for what anyone on this panel, or most of the people we know, do. It seems like it's run by pedophiles trying to push the next ring tone."
The music business is all about how much money thay can make in three seconds, as opposed to nurturing real artists and watching them develop into the big stars like a Madonna or Prince. That wave is long gone, since all we have to look foward to saving the industry are puppets like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Britney and Lady Gaga. Like Kid Cudi and Robyn the best way to go about having success is to take a DIY approach and distribute the music yourself. Sure you won't be as big as Gaga, but you have to sell your soul to the Devil himself for that kind of success and publicity. Use your own money to make music, get a distribution deal on a smaller independent label, and everyone knows the real $ is in the merchandising and live shows.
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