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"What we know"

edit David Janes 2007-04-16 20:36 UTC

Lefsetz:

  • Hip-hop will not come back.
  • Video has moved to the Web.
  • Singles are death.
  • The cost of production has gone down, irrevocably.
  • The major labels will lose market share.
  • The credible acts of tomorrow will not sell out.
  • Music is not cool.
  • Doesn’t matter what you think of music, its image hasn’t been tarnished, it’s been TRASHED!
  • People have tuned new music out.
  • Music should be paid for.
  • People only want to see stars.
  • Melody never goes out of style.

Also this quote:

As for modern music like Justin Timberlake, that’s seen as a vehicle to bump bodies in the club, it’s not something you want to listen to on the stereo at home.  And until that desirable listening experience comes back with new music, and people haven’t changed, they still want it, kids still sit in front of their computer or fall asleep with their iPods to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, we’re fucked.