Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:43 pm
"Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss?"
http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/201 ... full-post/
(Introduction)
I was like all of you. I believed in the promise of the Internet to liberate, empower and even enrich artists. I still do but I’m less sure of it than I once was. I come here because I want to start a dialogue. I feel that what we artists were promised has not really panned out. Yes in many ways we have more freedom. Artistically this is certainly true. But the music business never transformed into the vibrant marketplace where small stakeholders could compete with multinational conglomerates on an even playing field.
In the last few years it’s become apparent the music business, which was once dominated by six large and powerful music conglomerates, MTV, Clear Channel and a handful of other companies, is now dominated by a smaller set of larger even more powerful tech conglomerates. And their hold on the business seems to be getting stronger.
- David Lowery
I don't know if this post is of interest to the IHM "community" but I was curious how it resonates (if at all) with people on this board. Sorry if it's old news, it just recently started circulating on Facebook, people praising its thoroughness, a breakdown of the "current music biz" etc.
(Introduction)
I was like all of you. I believed in the promise of the Internet to liberate, empower and even enrich artists. I still do but I’m less sure of it than I once was. I come here because I want to start a dialogue. I feel that what we artists were promised has not really panned out. Yes in many ways we have more freedom. Artistically this is certainly true. But the music business never transformed into the vibrant marketplace where small stakeholders could compete with multinational conglomerates on an even playing field.
In the last few years it’s become apparent the music business, which was once dominated by six large and powerful music conglomerates, MTV, Clear Channel and a handful of other companies, is now dominated by a smaller set of larger even more powerful tech conglomerates. And their hold on the business seems to be getting stronger.
- David Lowery
I don't know if this post is of interest to the IHM "community" but I was curious how it resonates (if at all) with people on this board. Sorry if it's old news, it just recently started circulating on Facebook, people praising its thoroughness, a breakdown of the "current music biz" etc.
