Musicological banter

azaghal1981 wrote:
That industry middle man he says is no more is still there. It's taken the form of the PR industry rather than the record industry. Music doesn't randomly find its way from Bandcamp to Pitchfork. It's a nice thought but no. Yes, it's cheaper/easier to get your music out there than ever before but it's just as easy/cheap for everyone else. Music's still filtered through just as many channels unless you have an influential friend or two. Not to mention the fact that everyone seems to need to have management/a booking agent nowadays from bands that play houses to arena acts. Just ask Seth how often the Club  talks to a band itself as opposed to an agent when booking it.

I don't fundamentally disagree with you, but I do think filters serve a purpose.  Maybe I am just getting old, but I don't have the time to invest in discovering stuff on my own as much as I used to.  So I rely more on filters/middlemen than I did in the past.  And I think there are a lot more middlemen and a lot more granular filters today, so things aren't totally as bad as they once were.

Oh I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the filters at all. Albini (who appears to have a problem with them) seems to think that they no longer exist which is ridiculous.

I also wonder what his beef with Prince is. Thought everyone liked Prince.

I just watched an interview with riff raff.  I'm stupid now.

I filter all my new music recommendations through hutch.

grateful wrote:
I filter all my new music recommendations through hutch.

gotta say I'm probably not the best guy for "new music"

great "oldies" filter though!

;D

Was unsure as to where else to put this.

https://twitter.com/killquilty/status/539112639096688643

I saw they were doing that… That is cool it is nearly $1000.  It was a couple hundred the last time I saw something about it.

Audio, July 1970, Vol. 54, No. 7, page 46

Oh wow. This is out. I remember Jaguar first posting about it here many years ago.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Oh wow. This is out. I remember Jaguar first posting about it here many years ago.

thank you for the post!

Oops, it wasn't Jag. It was Hoya.

Happy belated anniversary, #tripmetal. You have made the world (mostly Twitter) a slightly funnier place.

I would be a serious sad panda if emusic went bust..

MDR-7506notBeats wrote:
eMusic: 1998-2014?

If you?ve never heard of eMusic, then maybe that?s the point.  Here?s an email leaked from inside digital distributor The Orchard to Digital Music News concerning the struggling music ?e-tailer??

Kosmo gently weeps and says "Goodnite Sweet Prince" to no one in particular.

kosmo wrote:
I would be a serious sad panda if emusic went bust..

See my above comment.

Billy Corgan: 'Nobody believes I made a three-star record. Nobody!'

Crimony, this guy is so inside himself he's coming back out his own mouth.

i'm always amused by the people who said that eMusic abandoned the indie music fan when they added major labels… it certainly didn't stop people from downloading all the major label stuff and all the exalted indie labels/bands everyone carries on about are all pitchfork approved "indie"… you rarely ever saw CDBaby indie releases topping any off their charts.

i know emusic has lots of detractors but it absolutely worked for me. i easily follow 50+ labels via the site and never have a problem get my months credits worth.  many of those labels who do not have domestic physical distribution, so eMusic was a way to get at a reasonable price lots of my favorite recent releases.  i have bought a total of five tracks via iTunes, a handful via Amazon and Bandcamp.

Given their business model, it's impressive that they've lasted this long.

I'm sorry Kosmo - I know you were a big fan.  I blame Evil Santa.