DISTRIBUTION - Spotify

Launched: 7 October 2009

Glen Spears

Forbes 

From this community I got the answer:

Last year, in Billboard's lists of  the company's CEO was named most powerful figure in the music industry above all the CEOs of the major label conglomerates. (read here). They explicitly talk about how the digital disruption is effecting the industry.

If the music industry is indeed in turnaround, that’s in no small part due to the digital disrupter at No. 1, the live titan at No. 3, Alexa’s mastermind at No. 12 and the visionary label bosses, tech gurus, artist managers and media moguls (including 41 first-timers!) who comprise Billboard’s annual ranking of executive excellence.

In this article:

50 million dollar revenue for a big hit album (36 physical vs 14 streaming)
A One Direction tour brought in six times of that amount300 million from their touring (which does not include merchandise) ...

PLANNING - Possible Locations

DYSTOPIAN:

• Das Land der fliegenden Messer
• Old Station in Trier-West
• The Warehouse in Trier-West, and around it as well, the hill of sand 
• Trier-South Train Station (intertextuality with Suede's New Generation vid)
• The Underground beneath Trier-South
• The Land around Trier-Sound and all the Gates, the Gitter (intertextuality with Depeche Mode's Policy of Truth + I Feel You)

LUXEMBOURG:

• The Grund
• Underneath the train station at night

ARTIST RESEARCH - Their Look

Brett Anderson's androgynous look, has gotten tamer over time.

MAKE-UP
Make him sweaty, increase Female Gaze, like in this live performance? 

COSTUME
Detail of Suede's costume from a 2002 Guardian review of their album A New Morning:

Dressed in secondhand suits and with casually held cigarettes as a prop.
....Anderson's 6ft frame is as angular as ever but more toned than before, the detail of his muscles showing through a tight black T-shirt. Gone is the jumble-sale chic of the early Nineties; he now pops into Harvey Nichols.

According to this joint interview with Bowie and NME the phrase "jumble sale chic" was used by the tabloids a lot in the early 90s to describe his look, though I've found no articles from the tabloid press (yet) that exemplify this. 
But the fact one of their songs from their third album was named Jumble Sale Mums seems to be a reference to this. 

HAIR:
From that same article a useful quote about Anderson's haircut:

Fiddling with his Bryan Ferry fringe

I agree there are quite distinct similarities with the image of Brian Ferry, another simulacrum:

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INDUSTRY RESEARCH - Major vs Independent Labels

From The Balance Music Careers:

Two articles detailing the pros and cons of major and indie record label deals.

MAJOR

THE PROS

1. Money: Deep, deep pockets have to be at the top of any major label "pros" list. Even with major-label music sales declining and the industry as a whole struggling to keep up with changes in the way people purchase and listen to music, major labels still have a huge financial advantage over just about every indie label. When your label has a lot of money, that means they'll be able to spend a lot of money promoting your record - which is exactly what you want. It also means they may be able to offer you a large advance and invest a lot in recording, touring, video shoots and other opportunities for you. 

   Connections: Money helps open a lot of doors, and when a major label comes knocking, most media outlets are ready to let them in. Additionally, most major labels have been in the business for decades and have long established connections that help you reach your music career goals. 

   Size: Alas, size CAN matter when it comes to record labels. Major labels are behind the vast majority of music sold, and this scale of operations can bring many advantages. First, they can get the best deals on manufacturing, advertising, and other expenses since they do business in such enormous bulk (they have way more purchasing power than indie labels). Second, because of all of the artists on their roster, they can pull some pretty big strings in the media. Here's a VERY common scenario: a major label may call up a big music magazine and say, "hey, if you want to interview (insert mega-selling artist), we suggest you review/feature (insert brand new, unknown label signing)." This is great for you, if you're that new label signing, because you get instant press in all of the top spots, giving you maximum exposure overnight.

THE CONS

1. Big Pond, Small Fish: A lot of major labels tend to sign a lot of musicians and throw out a lot of music, just to see what will stick. As a new signing, except in very special circumstances, you're likely to find yourself fighting for attention from the label. If your music doesn't start sticking - read: selling - pronto - then you can find yourself with a record out that isn't getting much promotion and a label that doesn't return your phone calls. 

   Continuity: A big part of avoiding the aforementioned "big pond, small fish" syndrome is having a big fan at the label. Usually, this is the person who signed you. However, turn over at a major label can be pretty high - especially in this day and age - and you run a high risk of waking up one day to find out that the person who loved your music is no longer working at the label. The new person who takes over your album may not be such a big fan, and suddenly, no one is too interested in making your album a priority. You can include a "key man" clause in your contract to try to avoid this, but often the bargaining power is against you when you sign a major label deal, so scoring this set up is not guaranteed. 

   Artist Unfriendly Deals: Not every major label deal is unfriendly to the artist, but many of them are set up so that if a cashier accidentally gives you an extra dollar in change, you have to pay the label 50 cents. OK, that's an exaggeration, but many major labels want to sign artist for multi-album deals that offer them very little flexibility and that hand over a lot of creative control to the label. They know all of the loopholes, they want a piece of everything, and they have better lawyers than you. 

   The Passion Question: Many dedicated music lovers work on the major label side of the music industry. However, not everyone who works at major labels loves music. You'll find a higher concentration of people who are in the business strictly for the money in major labels than you will at indie labels, and that often ends up rubbing musicians the wrong way.

INDIE

THE PROS

• Respect for Your Music: Indie labels generally have the freedom to work with whomever they like. There's no pressure like you'd find at major labels to sacrifice your tastes in favor of seeking chart success. When you get signed to an indie label, in almost every instance it's because the label is a huge fan of your music; that translates into dedication because they believe in what you're doing.

• Close Working Relationships: Because indie labels have smaller staffs and tighter rosters, it's easier for musicians to develop a close relationship with the people working on their record. Although it's not always the case that artists can pick up the phone and get an immediate answer, the odds of closer communication are great than they are with a major label.

• Artist-Friendly Deals: Some larger indie labels have relatively complex contracts, but smaller indies often do business on little more than a handshake and a profit split agreement. You seldom find indie labels demanding any measure of creative control over their artists, and most indies don't lock their artists into long-term, multi-album contracts.

THE CONS

• Money: While money is the top reason to sign with a major label, it definitely tops the list of negatives for indies. While some indie labels are sitting pretty financially, most small operations are just trying to stay afloat. That means they usually don't have the coffers to fund an all out media blitz like the majors and they often have to get creative with promotion ideas. They also can't afford big advances, fancy packaging, large recording budgets, tour support and other pretty perks a major can charm you with. With indie labels, you'll usually have to remain financially invested in your own music career.

• Disorganization: Not every indie label is disorganized, but the informal nature of operations at many smaller indie labels means some elements can get a tad bit confusing. For you as an artist, you might find that sometimes details may slip through the crack, or it may be hard to figure out processes that aren't quite formalized, like accounting, for instance.

• Size: The size factor is on the "pro" list for signing with a major labor. Although the intimate size of indie labels have their upside in terms of closer and more accessible relationships, there is also a downside. They don't have the purchasing power of major labels, and with a small roster, they have fewer strings to pull with the press.

DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH - Release Ratio

Look at albums in 2017 to see how the space is between singles released + the music vids, and the full album release.

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.

One single released before album, followed by three singles in the space of six months afterwards as well as one extra song, ELEMENT, having a video. The second and third single have a video, however the fourth one has yet to release on after three weeks.

Studio album by Kendrick Lamar
Released	April 14, 2017
Recorded	2016–17
Studio

Singles from Damn
"Humble" Released: March 30, 2017 "DNA" Released: May 30, 2017 "Loyalty" Released: June 20, 2017 "Love" Released: October 2, 2017

Arcade Fire's Everything Now

All Four Singles before the full album release 

Studio album by Arcade Fire
Released	July 28, 2017
Recorded	September 2016 – April 2017

Singles from Everything Now
"Everything Now" Released: June 1, 2017 "Creature Comfort" Released: June 16, 2017 "Signs of Life" Released: June 30, 2017 "Electric Blue" Released: July 13, 2017

Kraftklub's Keine Nacht Für Niemand

Studio Album of Kraftklub
ReleaseDate	2. Juni 2017 Singles 17 March 2017 Dein Lied 7 April 2017 Fenster   31 May 2017.                                          Sklave

Halsey's Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Promotional singles[edit]

On May 4, 2017, "Eyes Closed" was released as the first promotional single.^[21] 

On May 26, "Strangers", featuring Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui, was released as the second promotional single. (It debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became Halsey's sixth entry and Jauregui's first as a solo artist.)

Studio album by Halsey
Released	June 2, 2017

Singles from Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
"Now or Never" Released: April 4, 2017 "Bad at Love" Released: August 22, 2017

Lorde's Melodrama

Studio album by Lorde
Released	16 June 2017[1][2]

Singles from Melodrama
"Green Light" Released: 2 March 2017 "Perfect Places" Released: 1 June 2017 "Homemade Dynamite" Released: 15 September 2017

COMPILATION ALBUMS

Michael Jackson's Scream

Compilation album by Michael Jackson
Released	September 29, 2017

Singles from Scream
"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous(The White Panda Mash-Up)" Released: September 6, 2017 "Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)" Released: September 29, 2017

Worst of Jennifer Rostock

Greatest hits album by Jennifer Rostock
Released	September 29, 2017

Singles from Worst of Jennifer Rostock
"Alles cool[1]" Released: August 25, 2017[2] "Haarspray[3]" Released: September 22, 2017[4]

RELEASING EPs as part of a jigsaw puzzle:

The Pixies's Indie Cindy

Nine Inch Nails
The video released eight days for the album's release

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Back Cover announced:

http://www.spin.com/2017/07/nine-inch-nails-add-violence-art/

DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH - Economics of the Music Industry

BACKGROUND RESEARCH ON YOUTUBE ECONOMICS IN GENERAL:

Updated 7 June 2017
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/053015/how-youtube-makes-money-videos.asp

How artists are effected by from the digital disruption!??

3 Jan 2014
http://business.time.com/2014/01/03/spotify-and-youtube-are-just-killing-digital-music-sales/

15 February 2015
https://www.fastcompany.com/3042341/this-is-how-apple-beats-spotify

3 April 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/03/how-much-musicians-make-spotify-itunes-youtube

19 August 2015
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081915/role-youtube-music-industry.asp

13 July 2016
http://fortune.com/2016/07/13/youtube-music-billions/

5 September 2016
https://www.fastcompany.com/3059507/artists-claim-youtube-pays-artists-less-than-spotify-are-they-right

20 September 2016
http://fortune.com/2016/09/20/riaa-youtube-streaming/

26 December 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/26/spotify-music-download-apple-itunes-streaming-vinyl

30 December 2016
https://www.fastcompany.com/3066532/7-ways-streaming-music-will-change-in-2017-after-another-crazy-year

16 January 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/cd99b95e-d8ba-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e

15 April 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/15/music-industry-youtube-video-streaming-royalties

(Updated) 10 July 2017
https://www.thebalance.com/music-industry-facts-every-musician-needs-to-know-2460726

17 August 2017
https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/17/youtube-music-pays-higher-royalties-spotify/

27 August 2017:
https://www.ft.com/content/50db5d76-89e2-11e7-bf50-e1c239b45787

2 Sep 2017:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/02/six-things-taylor-swift-taught-music-industry-streaming-selfies

After a decade of plummeting revenues due to online piracy, the decline in CD sales and a lack of viable digital services, streaming has come of age for artists and record labels. The global recording industry body the IFPI and the UK’s BPI have both marked 2017 as a tipping point where revenue from streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer will surpass that made from traditional CD sales.
Global streaming revenues need to grow by less than 10% this year – last year saw a 60% surge to $4.6bn – to pass physical sales, which fell 8% to $5.4bn in 2016. Total digital income, including the rapidly dying downloads market, passed physical sales in 2015.
Swift’s new song, from the 27-year-old singer’s first album since 2014, was played more than 10m times on Spotify on the day it launched, breaking its record for first-day streams formerly held by her friend Ed Sheeran.
Swift staged a high-profile boycott of Spotify in 2014, withholding her album 1989 from the service and pulling her back catalogue in support of her contention that “music should be paid for”. But she relented in June this year, in part, some observers believe, because of the improving revenue picture.
“If you are a young pop artist streaming is at the centre of everything you do – it is not everything you do, but it is at the centre,” says Mark Mulligan, analyst at Midia Research. “It is the place to get discovered, drive ticket sales, [it] helps get on the radio and digital playlists, and it is becoming increasingly important as a source of revenue.”

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POSSIBLE FILM INFLUENCES

FRENCH NEW WAVE


TERMINATOR

The third film entry in the sci-fi action franchise, this takes place before the actual nuclear holocaust which leads to the dystopian post-apocalypic world. 

The protagonist sleeping near a fire. Can't maybe have a fire like that, but could fake the remains of one?

The cinematography used here in an urban location at night as the female antagonist starts walking on the street from the clothes shop:

BLADE RUNNER

How the dystopian design of Blade Runner was inspired:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/blade-runner-2049-production-design/amp

Influence of sci-fi on fashion, could have some of that fashion in my world:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/10/sci-fi-fashion?intcid=inline_amp

28 DAYS LATER

Starts with using the found footage technique.

The use of the camera in worm's eye view which then tilts up in an abandoned location, just like with the intro of the female Terminator in Terminator 3.


REPO MAN
Trailer:



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