Taken from JRE #1354 w/The Black Keys:
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Taken from JRE #1354 w/The Black Keys:
https://youtu.be/izjGX8XJZ4g
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As Jerry Garcia said, open-source music could be the best way. I imagine it would include donations from fans to the bands, where big labels/companies can't screw you over. It'd be all "self-governing". There's probably many more ways to maneuver as a musician rather than being under some dictator label company.
I have Spotify and buy cds. And if I really love the album I’ll buy it on Vinyl.
intellectual property is anti progress
musicians must love joe's spotify deal.
I totally get Patrick’s point about CDs and where the money is at in the industry, but I still think there will always be a market for physical media like CDs and vinyl. I grew up with vinyl, and then like most folks my age moved on to cassettes, CDs, iPod/MP3 and eventually steaming services. For me, there is just something with physical media that a stream or digital file can never fully replace. I guess the primary reason is that I want to own the music that means a lot to me. I take great pleasure in curating my music collection (mostly vinyl with some CDs), much like some folks collect books, comic books and art. I know I can technically “own” digital music that lives in cloud storage or on streaming services, but it just doesn’t feel the same to me. I love discovering albums that have a deep impact on me, and deciding which ones to purchase, take care of and store properly makes me feel more connected to each album. If someone comes to my house, they might look through my collection to see what kind of music I’m into, and I get a kick out of that. No one gives a crap about my online playlists, and pressing play on my phone doesn’t provide the tactile feel of taking a record carefully out of the sleeve, cueing it up and then sitting back and listening to at least one side of the album. I get how that’s not important to a lot of people. Not everyone is into curating collections or taking care of records.
The other aspect that I think is missing from the streaming services and digital files is the creativity involved with the packaging for physical media. I have some beautiful gatefold albums that I treat like works of art. Being able to look at the front and back of the outer sleeve, the design of the inserts or inner sleeves in some cases, and even the label on the records themselves…are all part of the creative vision that band and record label worked on. Yes those same images can be included with a purely digital distribution, but it’s just not the same for me. I want art that physically exists in front of me, and isn’t just 0s and 1s. I still subscribe to multiple streaming services, and I stream music all the time for the sake of convenience or when searching for new music that might find its way into my physical collection, but I will never truly abandon physical media and move 100% over to streaming and digital files. By the way, I still buy DVDs of my favorite movies, too. Haha! Not trying to start a holy war here, as audio format comments typically do. I’m simply sharing my perspective. Cheers, music fans!