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

[Cypod]

       As a teen I was hugely influenced by college radio, and then went on
to DJ on my college station. That experience really turned be off to radio;
and moved me over to the dark side, Internet radio. Internet Radio has way
better selection, you have all your local radio stations plus every where
else's stations, all over the world. Not to mention XM. These days it seem
like consumers just have a lot more choices, about what they want to listen
to.        If you ask me, musical variety is good, as these cultural styles
hybridize and spin off of each other, creating exponential permutations.
Opening the door to real stylistic innovations and originality. Can the
"Industry" make money, and build institutions that foster musical
development? I hope so.
       As an X-direct marketer, its not as glamorous as it seems. But at
least you get to go to a lot of clubs for free.



On 9/4/07, Moe! Staiano <moestaiano1 at yahoo.com> 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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