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The Music Industry's Most Amusing Myth: It Can't Compete With Free
If the industry reduces their failure down to pricing competition, then they will always lose to the lowest price.
1 October 2007RADIOHEAD ANSWERS MY QUESTION: They aren't selling out!
Are we really at the point where the commoners and freeloaders get the basics for free and the dedicated fans fork over $$$ for the deluxe set? Absolutely we are.
14 June 2007How We Know That the Compact Disc Is Dead
The music industry does not want to support the compact disc, but is in the unenviable position of having to.
2 June 2007Happy 8th Birthday, Napster
Napster is to the music industry what the combustion engine is to the horse-drawn carriage, a paradigm shift so powerful that its innocuousness is completely overlooked.
14 March 2007Deerhoof (Part 2)
I think bands that get popular very quickly can combust very quickly, and that was never something that I wanted to emulate.
20 February 2007The Herd of Elephants in the Room: Why We are Not Going to See the End of DRM Anytime Soon
At some point, those other sleeping giants are going to be awakened by the clamor in the music industry and start to rattle the cages of our imperial federal government. They will demand action and they will get it.
16 February 2007Deerhoof (Part 1)
Chris’ musical language had a big impact on the band, but I feel like he’s still here because I think we all have incorporated parts of him into our own ways of thinking about and playing music.
8 February 2007SPIN-ing Wrong: Why Lowering the Price on Compact Discs Is a Bad Idea
if you think even major indies such as Matador could survive on wholesale prices of $3, you’re nuts
5 December 2006Why Leaked Music Should Spell the End of the Promo
Guess what? I already have that album. I get to listen to it for almost three months before you.
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