One of the more mundane conversations you can have with someone is the “elimination of the middle class.” Ultimately, there are few solutions that you can do on a micro-level and it becomes just like complaining about the weather. (It’s not like you can make it stop raining.)
But there are some parallels with the shrinking middle class (economically-speaking) and the disappearing acts of some of the mid-major record labels. With big tickets like Universal and Sony looking to get tighter ships, the push behind the core group of artists is going to get harder.
And while I think that the ultimate future of these labels is something similar to what happened to Ken Griffey Jr.’s career, the big record company still has the benefit of being well integrated into the machine. They are not going anywhere anytime soon.
Just Blaze, starting at around the 5min mark, talks about the Saigon album and the issues behind the release of the mixtape. Listen to the whole interview though because it’s totally worth it. (Did you know that JB was the primary songwriter behind T.I.’s “Live Your Life?”)
You’re either going to love it or hate it. The new iPod Shuffle is out today (3/11/09), has no buttons, and is smaller than Rey Mysterio.
I think there’s nothing better than new technology pushing the envelope, but c’mon now, Steve. No buttons at all? Selling proprietary headphones? That’s such a low-down dirty move. What next? Selling proprietary digital formats???
Up to this point, I’d sometimes rant and riff on nothing in particular on this blog.
While it’s sometimes fun and stress relieving, I want to take the content to the next level by focusing on music, the music industry, and what we can all learn from it.
If in 6 months this is more boring than a Christopher Cross song, then we’ll make another format change.
I am going through my RSS feeds (BTW - my “shared item” link is this guy) and noticed that I typically click on the links that have only 5-20 updates. When I see 400+ updates for a site, I don’t want to click on that feed because I don’t want to spend the next 30 minutes on one site.
When I see that there are only a couple of updates from a blogger, I can reasonably assume that the posts had a bit of care and concern put into their production. It is so easy to take a photo, post a link, and move on. (See: Hip-Hop blogs. 12.)
I know I might be stressing out too much about it, but this is where Mac and has an advantage over its competion. They focus their entire efforts on 3 basic set ups for their computers (I know, I know. With the custom options there are 20,000-ish actual set-ups.) But compare the Apple Store’s laptop presentation to the Asus’s Eee PC’s. Which one feels like more care and concern went into the production of the product?
The lesson here is that it’s important to be mindful of the consumer’s ability to deal with choice. It can be a burden.
I'm a Marketing Coordinator for USA Football and a party time deejay whose moniker is DJ Feenix. ... Conveniently, I'm a tech and music enthusiast so that's what you'll be reading about here.
