“I love music blogs because they’re music fans. They’re authentic and passionate about music. They’re no different than me. All they’re doing is spreading the word about stuff they like. The authentic will rise to the top, which is why I like aggregators like The Hype Machine. I think it’s brilliant. It’s a great way of seeing what music fans are talking about versus some other filter. I’d rather the filter be a social filter, and then you can go into niches. Maybe it’s a bluegrass filter or a country filter or a hard rock filter or an ambient filter. Whatever. Those people are really passionate about that music. You know what? That’s what it’s about. Songs are not copyright. Songs are emotions.”
— Terry McBride on music blogs in the interview with Rollo & Grady. More about Terry on Wikipedia, his bio and blog. Rollo & Grady has more interviews with a winning music/web industry crowd.
that interview is a great read about the evolving music business.
good reads on his own blog, too: “The future is not about ownership; it’s about the emotional interaction with the files through increasingly sophisticated PDA’s.”
March 4, 2009 11:36 pm
Emotional interaction doesn’t feed a hungry bluesman.
I suppose the dreamers are thinking of an arrangement where they can “emotionally interact” with the music and some big company will pay the artist for letting them advertise all over the place. But that is a miserable solution, as we all know.
So once you’ve had a little cuddle with your favorite song, drop a couple bucks onto to the plate as it passes by, or your favorite artist will be forced to go into advertising.
March 17, 2009 5:54 pm
Amen to that. I have been playing music for many years and the most important thing in the song is the emotion it generates. Too many times musicians lose sight of that and get away from the depth of music and lean towards commercialism.
It is refreshing to see the new media outlets and independent sources available to allow the musician new platforms to share his art.
April 8, 2009 12:41 am