Well, I got to say, "I stand corrected." It is the music industry instead of music itself that is dying or already dead.
And Ian, I love what you had to say about Brittney. Almost fell out laughing. :) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/3/19 Ricky Rayburn <[email protected]> > >> >> None the less, all music is dying due to the love of money instead of the >> love of storytelling and truth. > > > That's simply untrue. Music isn't dying, the music industry's traditional > business model is dying or dead. There's never been a freer time to create > something and find an instant audience for it. I think there's two reasons > for this: > > 1) Home recording is incredibly cheap and the quality/flexibility > achievable for very modest outlay tops a $300k studio from a few years back. > If you have a Mac, GarageBand is free and can do multritrack recording at > better than CD quality. Logic Studio, for $500, enables you to do almost > anything. > > 2) Distribution of music no longer requires expensive logistics and > manufacturing. The web has changed everything. > > Moaning about Britney etc is pointless. She shouldn't even be on your radar > if you have any appreciation of music as an art or craft. :) > > Ian > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
