Internet vs Musicians & Fans
Simon Reynolds and Cult of the Amateur author Andrew Keen chat about How The Internet Is Killing Music...
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/22/keen-on-why-the-internet-has-been-bad-for-both-musical-artists-and-fans-tctv/
- Relevant artist taggings:
- Stop It You're Killing Me »[x]
- Internet Forever »[x]
- Killing Joke »[x]
- Art Vs Science »[x]
- Fear Of Music »[x]
- Impending Doom »[x]
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not sure what I think about that bit where he says its more of a lottery now for bands to make it, surely it always has been a lottery, in the past it was very unlikely a band would get signed and enough magazine exposure to make it, now bands can atleast bypass that and get a bit known but still only the lucky few will be able to make it financially (always thought if anything its been more of the mass proliferation of bands rather that has made it more competitive rather than the downloading), the bit about paying back debt from recording certainly true for many bands but on the other hand bands can also record pretty professionally for a fraction of what it used to cost with developments in home recording. Do agree about listening to music in less depth nowadays I certainly dont get to know albums as well as I used to but the ones I really love I do, so if im spending less time trying to make do listening to albums that are just ok dont see that as a negative. Still think the last decade or so have been a golden age of indie
i've only just started Retromania (simon's book) but read some good interviews
if you're curious to read more about his thoughts on the cultural and creative (rather than economic) shifts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9501000/9501996.stm
http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/retromania-abebe-review-2011-8/
http://thequietus.com/articles/06386-simon-reynolds-retromania-interview
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4299413
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/retromania-simon-reynolds
i'll give them a read
but from looking at the titles he seems quite pessimistic, I dont think pop culture can be stifled even if it was it would cause some people somewhere to react against it and do something interesting, and its kind of weird as it implies some idealised time before things went bad which is kind of a similar attitude as the retromania he is criticising. I guess I cant say that for sure without actually reading properly though (im probably proving his theory by commenting on something ive only skimmed)
Are articles about the internet killing music killing music?
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4303520
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6inAugDrGU&ob=av2e
Ban request
Not for Sean personally (for obvious reasons), but for Sean starting threads that include the phrase `killing music`.
(As an aside, anyone who thinks the internet has been bad for music as an artform or for people who appreciate that artform is utterly clueless).