[NewMusic] Death of the record industry (cont'd.)

[Matt Davignon]

Well, the word of mouth they're discussing is not about signing bands
that have been creating a word of mouth buzz. Instead, they're trying
to generate artificial buzz about groups that aren't getting any. That
part was a bit depressing. Imagine being told by your job to go out
and tell everyone you know that Velvet Revolver is awesome.

"I think that band Train is doing something totally original. They're
absolutely not the Bob Saget of 'alternative' music!"

Matt

> Moe! Staiano moped:
> > Pretty damn depressing in my opinion....
> >
> >   -M!
> >

Then Tim Perkis was like:
> This doesn't seem depressing to me, it seems completely hopeful. What is
> 'word of mouth' but authentic culture by real people? The fact that
> these focus group people are finding out about everything by
> 'word-of-mouth' means they aren't being influenced by what's being
> pushed, but by what their peers think is interesting. To me that's
> really an exciting development.