What New Business Model Should Bands Utilize?

[DudeAsInCool]

HypeBot posted the following question above to its readers. I thought I would take it a step further and open up a poll...but I added a new category where investors back the artist, like they do sometimes in the motion picture business. So...what business model should bands adopt?

[method77]

*poll fixed*

[Excrement_Cranium]

I went for Artist IS the label.

Then they can do whatever they want.

[method77]

so did I but I wouldn't mind ads in cds or downloads

[DudeAsInCool]

Also voted for the artist in the hopes they will take control. The next wave is bands are going to turn to investors like producers do in the movie business.