Johnson's Journal # 7
Heard in an interview yesterday where the great Quincy Jones stated that the recording industry will be done in a decade due to 90% of all music downloaded illegally.
An innovating trendsetter for decades - you have to believe that there may be a bit of truth to that - But it didnt take a genius to have seen the writing on the wall.
He went on to say that people in the industry are "head in the sand"ing it as if its all gonna go away.
I remember back when Lars from Metallica headed up the lawsuit against napster that I thought "something needed to be considered" because the change was inevitable. I remember experts propheting the same - but it was ignored.
(By everyone except maybe Apple.)
Would better pricing & incentives have kept people around?
Could we have converted some of the music stores like HMV & TOWER into downloading hubs with even better pricing options if used - while coffee is served?
How about being able to download live music at concerts for exclusive ticket purchaser only specials?
Nope - none of that was done. Whats left? new questions:
Where will the music come from?
What does it do to further (if at all) damage our economy?
How will the new distribution directly from the talent be delivered?
I dont feel bad for the talentless fat cats that have grown rich on the backs of the blessed - its classic "chickens coming home to roust" - but doesnt it feel like when we got home computers, walkman's - ipods just on a grander scale?
This isnt as big a deal to younger people I'm sure - I attribute that to the frequency of change in the "today".
When I was younger - things had greater stablility - now you'd be lucky to hear a second single, from a group you thought had potential. Funny thing is its not even a sad footnote to me. Music is suffering on the mainstream level the same way things do that you tape and lick stick together to save money - it eventually comes tumbling down.
Peace
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