Fantastic profile of Doug Morris in Wired. Regarding the music industry’s inability to deal with the digital download revolution:
Morris’ almost willful cluelessness is telling. “He wasn’t prepared for a business that was going to be so totally disrupted by technology,” says a longtime industry insider who has worked with Morris. “He just doesn’t have [...]

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Dave Kusek states in his new book, The Future of Music, that since live performances and t-shirts cannot be digitized at least at the moment, the experience of being at a live event is going to have to get more appealing for bands to survive in the coming years.
This is likley true, although I think [...]

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The Radiohead decision is fascinating and no doubt highlights how the radio industry is now starting from ground zero in determining how to function in the digital world. That alone warrants substantial discussion. For up-start bands, though, the question becomes what to do if there are no record labels to finance their growth?

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