Making a Scene Presents - The Collapse of Gatekeepers: What Happens When Artists Own Everything
The Old Doors Are Still Standing, But the Locks Are Breaking

For most of the modern music business, artists were trained to stand in line.

Stand in line for the label. Stand in line for the radio programmer. Stand in line for the booking agent. Stand in line for the publicist. Stand in line for the playlist editor. Stand in line for the platform algorithm. Stand in line, wait your turn, be grateful, and maybe somebody with a desk, a budget, and a parking spot near the front of the building would decide your music was worth putting in front of people.

That was the deal. The artist made the music. The gatekeeper owned the road.

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