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dirtyrobots

Killing the Music

Feb 20, 2004 10:54

My friend Greg posted an essay written by Don Henley about the state of the music industry. I found it fascinating. Here is the cut and paste of the essay and following that, you will see our post comments ( Read more... )

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ajnamomma February 20 2004, 08:14:00 UTC

EXCELLENT.

EXCELLENT.

I disagree, and agree with a little five_one_five February 22 2004, 18:12:12 UTC

I disagree.

First off, he argues that the only way to fix the music business--of course--is through government intervention.

Artists are finally realizing their predicament is no different from that of any other group with common economic and political interests. They can no longer just hope for change; they must fight for it. Washington is where artists must go to plead their case and find answers.

Because, as everybody knows, Washington is just full of...uh...answers. Even former 70's supergroup drummers with multimillion dollar incomes know that Washington is the place to go when you're looking for serious cash. After all, only the government can funnel cash into your pocket by fiat.

Henley continues, without apparent sarcasm:

Today the music business is in crisis. Sales have decreased between 20 and 30 percent over the past three years...The industry, which was once composed of hundreds of big and small record labels, is now controlled by just a handful of unregulated, multinational corporations determined to continue their ( ... )

Re: I disagree, and agree with a little five_one_five February 22 2004, 18:12:30 UTC

He actually makes a few good points ( ... )

Re: I disagree, and agree with a little dirtyrobots February 23 2004, 11:58:16 UTC

Mergers and consolidation are occurring in every area of commercial industry. Soon, we will have one centralized bank, one phone company, one electric company... It would make sense that this trend would affect the music industry just the same.