I'd be interested in your comments on a short but though provoking article at Wired which predicts a fast demise of the major record labels. See http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/dirge.html
I know we have a more than a few industry folks on this list - what's going on at your workplace? What's your take? The Slip currently benefit from a relationship with Rykodisk, a small, well regarded label. Would they be worse off without Rykodisk? Before you shout 'Screw them', let me remind you that they are the reason why you can walk into a record store in London, Tokyo, and Rome and buy Angels Come on Time. They are the reason why Brad has interviewed at dozens of publications in the past year talking about guitar playing and growing up in Providence. They've also priced Angels *very* affordably, which is greatly appreciated by underearning Slip fans. Nonody makes much cash in Slipland, including Ryko. Don't they provide a valuable service. If they do, then why does everyone despise labels? Slashdot has a nice discussion thread about this article (see http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=51671&threshold=4&mode=nested). Here is a final quote from Slashdot: "The RIAA has made enemies here, and not many friends anywhere. To quote the inimitable Molly Ivins, "My mother may have raised a mean child, but she didn't raise no hypocrites." I'm not an expert, but from where I sit, it looks like the recording industry has jacked up prices unconscionably, reduced the range and variety of music available to the rest of us, and driven independent distributors out of business. I think the recording industry as a whole has become a bunch of parasites, and (worse) parasites that are killing the host." - Sakeneko --------------------------------------- ** How do you enjoy the Pleasant Presence of the Present Tense? ** Web archive at http://email.theslip.net ** To unsubscribe: Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'signoff theslip' in the body of the message
