Antiqcool’s Comments

• Apr 15th, 2010 @ 10:22am

  Creative Commons anyone ?

  on Less Well Known Musicians Embracing 'Pay What You Want'

  These comments are fascinating to read....love a good debate.
  
  We are an independent record label and publishing company not a big bad corporation out to sue people for file sharing, we WANT them to spread our music around. Songs from our catalog have been played by hundreds of radio stations and podcasters worldwide and it didn't cost them a penny, in return we got exposure and promotion.....sounds like a good deal to me, that's why many of our tracks have been released under a creative commons license.
  
  So what if you lose out on lost sales. You gain more in the long term (If you can survive that long)

• Apr 15th, 2010 @ 9:25am

  Upbeat and positive on the whole.

  on An Outsider Gets A Peek Behind The Scenes Of The Music Industry's Mindset: Optimism Into Denial

  Nice to hear some positive examples of how new business models are flourishing despite doom and gloom from naysayers.
  
  We are an independent record label and publishing company not a big bad corporation out to sue people for file sharing, we WANT them to spread our music around. Songs from our catalog have been played by hundreds of radio stations and podcasters worldwide and it didn't cost them a penny, in return we got exposure and promotion.....sounds like a good deal to me, that's why many of our tracks have been released under a creative commons license.

• Apr 15th, 2010 @ 8:12am

  Sounds good to me.

  on Australian Clubs Looking To Play Independent Music To Avoid Insane New Royalties

  We are an independent record label and publishing company not a big bad corporation out to sue people for file sharing, we WANT them to spread our music around. Many of the songs in our catalog have been released under a Creative Commons license and are free to download. They have been played by hundreds of radio stations and podcasters worldwide and it cost them nothing, in return we got some exposure and promotion.....seems like a fair trade to me. Any Australian clubs (or any other country for that matter) wishing to play our music can get in touch through the website.

• Jan 31st, 2010 @ 7:08pm

  Give it away

  on Edwyn Collins Can't Give Away His Music Thanks To MySpace, Warner Music

  Keeping my opinions about the possible motives behind some major label acts giving their music away to myself for now.
  
  Most of our tracks have been released under a creative commons license.
  
  We are an independent record label not a big bad corporation out to sue you for file sharing, we WANT you to spread our music around.
  
  With such an overcrowded market place giving away your music is essential in my opinion. The biggest problem for emerging indie artists today is obscurity, not piracy. To find out more listen to The Antiqcool Podcast
  
  http://antiqcool.podbean.com/2010/01/22/the-antiqcool-podcast-episode-1-how-can-you-be-a-part-of-o ur-success/

• Jan 26th, 2010 @ 7:01pm

  Very insightful comments

  on The Future Of Music Business Models (And Those Who Are Already There)

  Some very insightful comments, food for thought.

• Jan 19th, 2010 @ 8:55am

  Out of obscurity

  on It Isn't Easy To Break Out Of Obscurity In The Music Business

  My thoughts on this subject are contained within this podcast http://www.last.fm/music/ANTIQCOOL/The+Antiqcool+Podcast/The+Antiqcool+Podcast+How+can