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Post #289,087
by bepatient
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7/16/07 11:03:21 AM
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New Who'd have thunk that I would endorse Prince?
[link|http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=468409&in_page_id=1773|http://www.dailymail...9&in_page_id=1773]

And, unsurprisingly, the comments of the industry folks and the others at the end show a remarkable level of cluelessness about what is killing the music industry...and its NOT downloading.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
Post #289,091
by boxley
7/16/07 11:24:09 AM
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New he has been putting out good stuff for years
and has been willing to poke record labels in the eye.
thanx,
bill
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Post #289,097
by folkert
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7/16/07 12:30:27 PM
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New Yes it is... P0WN704D1GN 15 T3H 3VUL!
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Post #289,157
by static
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7/16/07 9:13:28 PM
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New He's a brilliant artist.
And that puts him in a small category. He is greatly admired for his musical abilities and I respect him for that. It's just his music does nothing for me. (I find much the same thing with U2: I respect the band, their history and ability, and so on, but their music does nothing for me.)

It doesn't surprise me that he's finding ways around the record companies. What he should be doing is helping other people do the same.

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Post #289,158
by bepatient
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7/16/07 9:19:59 PM
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New That he is
and some of his music does actually appeal to me...some does not.

Not sure I would put U2 in the same category...instead attributing much of their success to hiring Brian Eno to produce them..upped their musical quotient greatly.

Bowie, Rundgren, Thomas Dolby have all ventured into self production...will be interesting to see how the next couple of years shake out. This is really the first time that someone has mass marketed the defection.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
Post #289,173
by drewk
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7/16/07 10:41:07 PM
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New Duh
It devalues the music and the losers will be new artists who are trying to come through ... Consumers only have so much listening time in the week and if they receive the new album from Prince then they don't need to buy new music and will spend their money on something else.
They only have so much listening time, or they only have so much money? I think it's more reasonable to predict that they'll spend their money on those new aretists who are trying to come through.
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     Who'd have thunk that I would endorse Prince? - (bepatient) - (5) - July 16, 2007, 11:03:21 AM EDT
         he has been putting out good stuff for years - (boxley) - July 16, 2007, 11:24:09 AM EDT
         Yes it is... P0WN704D1GN 15 T3H 3VUL! - (folkert) - July 16, 2007, 12:30:27 PM EDT
         He's a brilliant artist. - (static) - (1) - July 16, 2007, 09:13:28 PM EDT
             That he is - (bepatient) - July 16, 2007, 09:19:59 PM EDT
         Duh - (drewk) - July 16, 2007, 10:41:07 PM EDT

Happy strategic planning.
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