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28. Believe it or not... Courtney Love!

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 09:48 PM

Jan 2012

... I just saw a fine piece by none other than Courtney Love as I was fixin' to revise my own post into an OP. She makes a lot of solid points, the most surprising (to anyone outside the industry) being that even if you were in a band that got as big as Hole, you were a sharecropper working in a company town and kept perpetually in debt to the record company... there's a lot more...

http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/singleton/

... her piece does not mention SOPA or PIPA specifically because it was written in 2000, but it does a much better job than I did of describing the world that those two soon-to-be-renamed pieces of legislation are aimed at preserving. Ick. Ick. Ick.

Then there's the Janis Ian piece I found here on DU last night. It's also 10 years old, but even then Ms. Ian was seeing tangible results from people downloading her music for free.

http://www.janisian.com/reading/internet.php

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What value does the music industry add to artist's work...? [View all] mike_c Jan 2012 OP

they make sure that only the most talented artists get heard Enrique Jan 2012 #1

Lol - explains why 90% of what you hear on the radio sounds the same Hugabear Jan 2012 #3

Like I said about Vh1s "Top 100 songs of the 2000s": HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #7

Ok, what does ProTools have to do with this? Edweird Jan 2012 #20

You had me there for a sec! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2012 #5

I see what you did there Occulus Jan 2012 #18

Doesn't matter what they add. randome Jan 2012 #2

yeah something for nothing rules - btw people who need something down the road msongs Jan 2012 #10

"On the other hand, I download stuff all the time and never pay a dime... GReedDiamond Jan 2012 #26

They used to have the best model for distribution and advertising thelordofhell Jan 2012 #4

One day there was a rabbit and a snake who were both growing old Zorra Jan 2012 #6

99% of the record industry and movie industry practice EXTREME censorship. FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #8

If artists don't think they add value, then they shouldn't sign with them frazzled Jan 2012 #9

They used to work to develop acts and they don't anymore starroute Jan 2012 #11

I'm reminded of Hunter S Thompson's quip.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #12

+1000 nt Selatius Jan 2012 #27

the only thing i've noticed griffi94 Jan 2012 #13

that's been more or less my take as well.... mike_c Jan 2012 #14

i'm sure this is just me being paranoid griffi94 Jan 2012 #15

Cocaine and sports cars? progressoid Jan 2012 #16

Um, little if anything dogknob Jan 2012 #17

Please rework this post as an OP in General Discussion Occulus Jan 2012 #21

OK. I'll give it a shot. n/t dogknob Jan 2012 #25

Believe it or not... Courtney Love! dogknob Jan 2012 #28

yup, that's what I was guessing.... mike_c Jan 2012 #24

Parasites? How about 'predators'? Edweird Jan 2012 #19

None at all guitar man Jan 2012 #22

Managers A&R and investors ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #23