Yeah, poor Britney is an example of the worst of what pop can do. Still, completely commercialised pop has always had the ability to surprise you, just when you'd totally written it off - how about Leona Lewis singing Snow Patrol's "Run"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpPG-m1lBgQ On 19 Mrz., 18:23, Ricky Rayburn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
