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May 31, 2005
Living in the land of Demoltion Man
In an interesting article at the WSJ, In Asia, It's Nearly
Impossible to Tell A Song From an Ad, they explore how the rampant music piracy has transformed the music scene in Asia. It seems that without the ability to make money in music we have returned to the medieval system of patronage, with corporations sponsoring artists to make songs that double as advertisements. The free (pirated) music subsidized by those too foolish to download it themselves is coming to an end. Now you can take your pick, undiscovered bands making a pittance from their paypal accounts, advertisement songs, or bands making money off concert tickets and t-shirts. Expect a new crop of winners and losers, with the already famous filling up rooms, a revival in hearing live music helping the theatrical performers, but the middle stars catering to to the downloading demographic, along with those unable to perform live (organs, giant bells, the handicapped) losing out.
Posted by OneEyedMan at May 31, 2005 10:30 AM
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