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

[Damon Smith]

I never liked radio, it is fun to be on the radio, but I have always  
wanted to make my choices about what I  listen to and did my own  
musical research.


On Sep 4, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Cypod wrote:

>        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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