Good Article on the Music Biz
From the perspective of David Crosby
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Great quote
They bit the poison pill, and it's killing them. And I think what's killing them really, is that they have a bad business model that doesn't coincide with reality. I think the only way to sell records that I know about now that does look really, really, really promising is iTunes. I think Apple is the smartest company in the country, and they are doing something brilliant.
Much more good stuff. Read it if you're interested. We got a rough road to hoe dealing with the Music Industry.
Here!
Great quote
They bit the poison pill, and it's killing them. And I think what's killing them really, is that they have a bad business model that doesn't coincide with reality. I think the only way to sell records that I know about now that does look really, really, really promising is iTunes. I think Apple is the smartest company in the country, and they are doing something brilliant.
Much more good stuff. Read it if you're interested. We got a rough road to hoe dealing with the Music Industry.
Comments
Yesterday's music is in no way better than today's music. While the economics of the industry has resulted in broken distribution model and an inequitable distribution of profits away from musicians, this doesn't seem to be his point. Instead, he's harping on how music today sucks. Sure, it's possible to buy pop music by corporate bands, but there are still far far more bands who have managed to make their music available to the masses.
This guy is way out of touch with the vibrant areas in music and instead has chosen to dream of some golden era of his youth.
Originally posted by dfiler
Yesterday's music is in no way better than today's music ... he's harping on how music today sucks ... This guy is way out of touch with the vibrant areas in music and instead has chosen to dream of some golden era of his youth.
That's not what I took away from it at all.
He's attacking the business and the bands they 'create' not modern musicians in general. When he talks about kids growing out of Britney and Justin, I get the feeling he would have named good modern bands if he knew and liked any, but he's an old guy so he talked about the stuff he knew.
Yes crappy bands existed 20-30 years ago but music wasn't this Corporate Machine that it is now. He's %100 correct about not getting MTV rotation or Clear Channel play for some artists. If your must is not pop pablum CC won't play it. If you don't look great or have style MTV won't play you. What is so exciting nowadays about turning on the radio. Pretty much nothing if it's a major station. You'll hear the same boring tracks everyone else is playing. If you doubt this login to iTunes and view the playlists from radio stations from Coast to Coast. Note the striking similarities.
Music as an expressive art form is dead. The only time the suits call it art is when they're trying to convince someone not to steal it.
People are fed up with being forcefed garbage. Most of my iTunes purchases have been artists I had no idea existed before iTunes. The revolution is starting...Apple don't fail us..you might be our only hope.
Yes, he's using examples from his generation, but his point is that they would be perceived as too radical with their political content.
Screed
If parents had some interest in passing musical taste to their kid they could attempt to turn their kids on to something worth listening to. If rock like Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones was too serious, then they could at least try some catchy pop music like Duran Duran or Michael Jackson. 1950s songs were especially catchy and are perfect for kids 8-10 years old. With a little bit of exposure, kids wouldn't want to listen to today's drivel. The same thing goes for comedy, cartoons, movies and everything else.