A Note on "In Rainbows" and the like

Now of course, I see what Radiohead did by releasing their own album... and I appreciate it in it's own regard. However, the part that concerns me is more the false ideas that it presents to any upcoming band. Of course Radiohead could do something like that. They are one of the biggest bands of today. They have more money than most indie labels anyway, so of course they didn't need a label to release an album. Of course, they could afford to just give it away.

The problem lies in the fact that there are still bands out there who are not up to the par of Radiohead, but think they can do the same. No. It's not like that. Small indie / regional touring bands still need that extra 5 to 10 bucks to help them get from Albuquerque to Houston. Radiohead can take a plane.

As long as bands have the ideality in their head that all they want to do is write and record music, there is still a place for labels. As long as bands have bad credit and live paycheck to paycheck, there is still a place for labels. Even the mere storage of packing supplies, thousands of albums, and everything else needed to make a successful business of a band doesn't fit in the unaffordable studio apartments that Los Angeles has to offer. And in that is where there is hope for the likes of me.

I appreciate what Radiohead did, but it brought a completely unwarranted realm of cockiness to other musicians that they can in fact, do the same. Maybe they can?