http://onthefence.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/record-labels-are-dead/ For the socially aware Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://onthefence.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/record-labels-are-dead/#comment-2 kevmoore Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:27:16 +0000 http://onthefence.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/record-labels-are-dead/#comment-2 I couldnt agree more. Record companies have been championing the "triumph of style over content" mantra for too long, and ultimately at their peril. Regardless of what music you like, the acts of old still sell bucketloads: Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Led Zep etc. They were nurtured by labels, and still sell because THEY HAVE TALENT. No, they dont dance, they werEn't particularly pretty, and they hadnt appeared in Australian soap operas, but they had a radical approach, THEY MADE GREAT MUSIC. Just imagine if the record labels went with that approach now, dangerous, eh? I couldnt agree more. Record companies have been championing the “triumph of style over content” mantra for too long, and ultimately at their peril. Regardless of what music you like, the acts of old still sell bucketloads: Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Led Zep etc. They were nurtured by labels, and still sell because THEY HAVE TALENT. No, they dont dance, they werEn’t particularly pretty, and they hadnt appeared in Australian soap operas, but they had a radical approach, THEY MADE GREAT MUSIC.
Just imagine if the record labels went with that approach now, dangerous, eh?

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