Maybe. But not necessarily inaccurate?
I mean, what is really being asked here - how to turn back the clock of the marketplace or how to find a way into it as it now exists?
I don't know that you have to compromise the essence of the music, but it does seem obvious to me that you do need to reimagine what is your "product" and what your goal for it is.
And to that end, if you need to do things the old way and you know what the inevitable results are going to be, hey...