Al Teller on This Week in Music
For those of you who care at all about the actual business of music, as well as the art of music, which I suppose mightn’t be that many of you, this makes for absolutely fascinating viewing/listening.
As much as anything the candid nature of the chat, as well as the fact that it comes from an insider make this compelling. Interesting, too, to hear that the music business was struggling massively up until the advent of the CD. Just as it has been since.
It’s also interesting that he pinpoints mass exposure on commercial radio as the one thing which keeps the balance of power tilting towards the old entertainment behemoths.
More here.
