Bob Lefsetz: Right on, well, everything
Sometimes I seriously wonder why I don’t just redirect my URL to Bob Lefsetz’s blog and just say “yeah, what he said.” Case in point, Lefsetz on the corporate vs. the artistic aspects of music and the current power shift the industry’s going through:
“The business has not evaporated. More people than ever are making music. More music than ever is being acquired. People are listening to music on their iPods and going to see it live. They don’t care about the label, the old institutions, only the music. We’re in a wrenching transition period. Wherein power is wrested from old men who believe incorrectly that they’re the talent and is being redistributed to those who are truly responsible and those who protect and shepherd the careers of these titans.”
It’s a long-ish post, but WELL worth a read. If you want to understand why Clive Davis had the industry all wrong and Peter Grant had it right, you need look no further.