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

[weasel walter]

THIN THE HERD.

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On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:30:17 -0700 Tim Perkis <tim at perkis.com> writes:
> ok, I'm convinced -- it is depressing!
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> 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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