Greg Puciato, current frontman of The Black Queen and former frontman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, seems to be in the minority with his opinion on music business.
Puciato says the music industry in its current state is pretty empowering as it begins to move away from major labels. Which is a fair assessment – he's not saying much of anything about the payment structure, just that he feels like if people work hard enough they'll be alright.
“Whenever I see people complain about the demise of the industry, we’re past that, we are in the new paradigm now. We are not in the destruction period—like people torrenting tons of albums for free. The new system is in place, and it’s very empowering to the artist if you’re not looking for a free lunch.
If you are willing to work hard and what you have is unique and you are willing to put in the work, the tools are there for you, you don’t need an exorbitant amount of money to make a good sounding record. Look, if you’re dedicated to something and you make the choice that this is what you are going to do with your life, then the burden is gone. The burden of like how am I going to support myself is gone, you just figure it out, and if you love what you do, you will work a job to continue to do what you love.
I just don’t really have sympathy for people who thinks it used to be better, maybe if you were lazier it used to be better. I think we’re in a phenomenal time period right now and it’s only getting better, as far as ownership of what you do, the ability to get people to hear that, not selling your soul and signing contracts that you’re never gonna understand now that will bite you in the ass 10 years from now. We’re kinda in a better place all around than we were.”
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