There has been a very interesting discussion about Tommy Silverman and his rude comments about the music industry (unsigned artists specifically).<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Tommy Silverman stated that:<\/p>\n
\u201c…80 percent of all records released are just noise \u2014 hobbyists. Some companies like TuneCore are betting on the long tail because they get the same $10 whether you sell one copy or 10,000,\u201d he says. \u201cThose are the people who are using TuneCore and iTunes to clutter the music environment with crap, so that the artists who really are pretty good have more trouble breaking through than they ever did before.<\/p>\n
” He further, claims that “79,000 releases sold less than 100 copies last year.”<\/p>\n