July 18th, 2007
MC Lars Explains The Problem With The Music Biz
I know I’m a few months late to the table, but I never saw this before. Pretty funny and dead on.
Written by Bill Wilson
Virgil Dickerson
Virgil Dickerson has been running Suburban Home Records, a small, independent record label based in Denver, Colorado for the past 12 years. It started as a fanzine in September of 1995 and has become a label, a distributor, a vinyl imprint and store, a custom t-shirt company and this blog about the music industry. He remains optimistic about the future of music sales although it is tougher now than it has ever been trying to sell a product people actively get for free. Suburban Home's bands include Drag the River, Tim Barry, Love Me Destroyer, On Guard, Ghost Buffalo, Josh Small, Stereotyperider, Two Cow Garage and Adventures of Jet. |
Sean Klassen
Sean Klassen has found his lot in life through playing guitar in struggling indie bands for over ten years now, currently playing in tongue-in-cheek heavy metal band Dartanian. Through playing music he discovered the art of graphic design and now spends much of his time designing various records, cds, posters and websites for a wide variety of clients ranging from local bands to international brands such as Universal Pictures and Audi. Sean currently pays his bills working as an Art Director at Factory Design Labs in Denver. He also enjoys wearing argyle socks and playing hockey. Feel free to direct any technical or website related comments or problems his way. |
Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson founded the NY based indie, Blackout! Records while a college student at Fordham University in 1989. In it's 18 year history, the label (and sub-imprints) has released music from a diverse roster of bands, including Crime In Stereo, Deadguy, Ensign, Guided By Voices, H2O, Killing Time, Kill Your Idols, and Sheer Terror. He also has held positions as a Product Manager at RED; Distribution Marketing Manager at Caroline Distribution; and General Manager of Earache Records. Since 2001 he has worked in digital media and social networking, and is currently employed by a big ol' multinational media company in their mobile entertainment division. |
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On July 18th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Frank said:
MC Lars is a total hack. Dynamite Hack I believe.
On July 18th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Seth Progression said:
I wonder how much that video cost to make. It seemed pretty pro looking.
On July 19th, 2007 at 10:00 am
» Descarrega esta canção! said:
[…] Apesar de já vir um bocado atrasado, vale a pena ouvir e ver esta música/vídeo de MC Lars que em pouco tempo se transformou num manifesto sonoro em defesa dos novos modelos de produção e distribuição de conteúdos. Por baixo da rima fantástica deste rapper branco de 23 anos está um sample de “The Passenger” de Iggy Pop. Este rapaz é um artista que já pensa no futuro. Mesmo o tipo de música que ele faz, um Rap Post Punk Laptop (género geralmente designado de nerdcore), é francamente futurista (Via IndieHQ). Deixo aqui a tradução da letra para português: […]
On July 19th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Tom said:
I was lucky enough to interview MC lars last year and he’s one of the most intelligent and switched on artists I’ve met. What i found most interesting was that even though he’s self released most of his stuff he wouldn’t rule out a deal with a major label if it was the right deal.