What if someone started a real underground music label on the dark web. Bitcoin only, no banks, no streaming and no middlemen. Artists could drop music, earn for say 5 or 10 years, then the rights go to the public domain. No corporate ownership, no lifetime contracts.
Could a label like that actually work?
There just so happened to be a BTC-based label that’s clear web and currently being made, and it’s called 2020 Innovations. It’s currently being built right now, and is on Twitter and Nostr. No Fediverse as of right now, though I could maybe have my producer speak with the owner about it.
The name is idiotic but the concept has potential.
Phillip really needed a numerologist to help with the naming, and it’s clear he didn’t have one on hand.
Why need darkweb when you have stuff like bandcamp? Or release directly to streaming service, lots of indies does it this way today. It’s better because artist get to keep their copyright and without label company telling them what trend they need to follow.
Streaming services make it to where you don’t own your music that you release onto the platform. Said streaming service does, and they’ll use it to make music using AI, which is why services like Spotify are doing just that, and the reason they DRM the music you want to listen to on the platform.
Wavlake is an example of what to do with a streaming service, given that they use RSS for their distribution, though it’s limited I think in some ways.
