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

[Tim Perkis]

ok, I'm convinced -- it is depressing!

T



Moe! Staiano wrote:
> No, the word of mouth thing is good depending on what it is. The 
> depletion of radio is depressing is what I was trying to reference. I 
> think radio is a hugely important medium (I listen to it every day, 
> though, oops, I'm not a college student), and to hear people say that 
> no one listens to radio is depressing. I've been exposed to a lot of 
> music from the radio and enjoy listening to it. I would hate so see 
> that go altogether.
>
> -M!
>
>
> */Tim Perkis <tim at perkis.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Moe! Staiano wrote:
>     > Pretty damn depressing in my opinion....
>     >
>     > -M!
>     >
>     >
>     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.
>
>
>     > Michael Zelner wrote:
>     > From Sunday's NY Times Magazine profile of Rick Rubin:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >> ...and the
>     >> biggest thing in their life is word of mouth. That's how they hear
>     >> about music, bands, everything."
>     >>
>     >
>     > Full story:
>     >
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