Entries Tagged as 'State of the Industry'

Points to Ponder on Seth Godin’s take on the Changing Music Industry

January 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Seth GodinSeth Godin’s Music Lessons, a blog about things to learn from the changing music industry, offer many good tidbits to ponder:

(1) The role of digital music is or will become solely promotion. This is because digital music is in unlimited supply, and a market of value can only be created from something of limited suppply. Another recent blog goes further to state that the role of music management will eventually be reduced to promotion only, as musicians can now cheaply and effectively create, edit and distribute music themselves – all roles formerly taken by labels, producers and managers.

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V11’s Perspective on David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists

January 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

David ByrneDavid Bryne’s recent piece in Wired Magazine had some great quotes and points that highlight the themes and reasons for V11.

The music business today: “At some point it became a business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that’s not bad for music, and its certainly not bad news for musicians. Indeed, with all the ways to reach an audience, there have never been more opportunities for artists.”

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