Pretty Goes with Smart: A Rational Look At The Business of Selling Music
Pretty Goes with Pretty: Anyone Can Sell a Product
“Musicians, being the simpletons they are, have connected the dots—all two of them. “If my music is sold in a grocery store, I should make a deal with a grocer. If my music is sold in coffeehouse, I should make a deal with the coffeehouse. If my music is being downloaded outside of any bricks-and-mortar establishment, accessed directly by my fans, I should make a deal with my fans.” Thus Paul McCartney signs to Starbucks, the Eagles make an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart, and Trent Reznor makes a million bucks in a week by going straight to his fans.
It is that fucking simple. Music industry stops supporting music retailers; music industry destroys its own niche; music industry renders itself obsolete. If music is nothing more than a product, well fuck dude, anyone can sell a product.”
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