Down With Labels

The Lazy Pundit has some thoughts on Pearl Jam's decision to leave Epic, and make music without the services of a major label.

I like that the band is selling live recordings of its shows. I hope they also are allowing fans to tape, but I suspect not (I happen to like the actual non-soundboard, live-in-the-audience sound of my own recordings). It's cool when bands realize that live recordings are not competition, but generate buzz (and now, sales). Labels have long rejected such reasoning.

I hope Pearl Jam makes a go of it. They should be able to, given that they are Pearl Jam.

[Posted at 09:58 CST on 06/07/03] [Link]