Food for thought, for today’s new artists.
Modern capitalism’s shell game means bands aren’t getting the support they need; corporations have found a way to get it instead.
Marx believed capitalism would ultimately fail when the shift to mechanism displaced so many workers there would be no one left with enough money to buy the goods produced. In other words, no buyers, no market, ballgame over. His timing was off. The Industrial Revolution didn’t bring his theory of collapse to fruition, but Internet piracy did, and it’s why the music business as we’ve known it continues to stumble toward its demise.
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http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/03/21/download-nation-south-by-southwest-john-winters
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