Archive for December, 2007
The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality
Great article from David Pogue at the New York Times:
The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality
The State of the Industry (An Overdue Blog)
It’s been a month or so since I’ve blogged, but so much is going on with the music industry, it’s almost hard to keep up with. Things are rapidly changing: musicians are giving away their music for free or letting artists name their own price, major players in the industry are going indie and speaking out against major labels, the major labels are suffering massive lay-offs and firings and WMG’s stock is down to about $6 a share.
Not that we’re surprised – we’ve seen this revolution coming for awhile now. And it’s wonderful and terrifying and scary.
Now the important thing is to figure out where the artist stands in this world, especially the independent artist. Now, I’m not talking about guys like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. But guys and girls more like who we work with.
Where is the future? How will a musician make a living in 2008? Are things better or worse?
Looking forward to hearing your comments.
I’m now off to go celebrate this Christmas thing and wait patiently for the new Doctor Who Christmas special to appear on one of my Torrent programs (it airs on the 25th in the UK, so hopefully that means I’ll have it by the 26th). Hey, don’t judge me – we don’t get the Christmas specials here in the U.S. That’s not MY fault!
I’ll also admit to downloading music for free, too. But that’s usually to check it out first. If I like it, I generally end up buying it. I think that might be indicative of most music listeners these days. Maybe this is why I think streaming music is so important (speaking of which, what do you all think of Universal cutting their music streaming on MySpace to only 90 second clips? I think it’s ridiculous….)
On a final note, a big congratulations to Josh Kelley (one of our clients) on his upcoming nuptials to Katherine Heigl. We’ll also be promoting the new album soon, but if you want to get a copy of it early on, you can always find it here for pre-ordering. You’ll get an extra track if you pre-purchase, too – what’s better than that?