MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Discusses State Of Music Industry; Video Available

June 22, 2007

In the latest "Headbanger's Ball" clip shot after a recent New York gig on a boat trip around the harbor on a private yacht, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine explains how artists and labels used to be part of one unified party, but that the industry has gradually changed to the point where many labels now view musicians, not as artists, but as dispensable pawns in a giant chess game in which the winner makes as much money as possible, and shares little of the bounty with the soldiers that did the fighting.

But, as the metal veteran explains, with the advent of the Internet and other modern technology, bands have more power now than ever and, in the days ahead, there could be a major abandonment of labels by artists that find it’s just as productive and profitable to oversee their own career and distribute their own music.

Watch the clip at Headbanger's Blog.

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