"If the digital revolution meant curbing such mad excesses, few would complain. But those Masters Of The Universe represented only a tiny fraction of the industry. At the other end of the food chain, NME journalists speak to up-and-coming musicians day-in day-out--and the impact of illegal downloading on them is stark and depressing. Simply put, being in a middle-level indie band with a record deal used to pay the bills. Now it doesn't."
Luke Lewis of the NME considers the state of the record industry ten years after the debut of Napster.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Music in the Time of File-Sharing
Labels:
1990s,
2000s,
cultural history,
economic history,
music,
technology
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