Comments on: Yet Another Music Biz Rant.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:48:35 +0000

You got a link to that blog, Mike?

By: Mike S

Mike S — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:28:02 +0000

I prefer to make my own judgments as to what music is “mediocre” rather than leaving it to some nameless record company A&R rep; for example, I read a blog entry that characterized Porcupine Tree as “po turd posers” who had hoodwinked the listening public. Imagine if that blogger was signing bands – hey, time for more Justin Bieber, eh?

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:08:52 +0000

As for Afrikaans translations, I have absolutely no idea.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:08:07 +0000

While there are parallels with the book publishing industry, I'd be wary of making too many close comparisons with the music industry. There are parallels between writing and reading books, and making and listening to records, yes, but there are important differences as well.

By: Amadan

Amadan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:31:44 +0000

This same debate is happening in the publishing industry. As self-publishing (and e-publishing, and self-e-publishing, which are all different things) becomes more popular, you’ve got a range of reactions from “Agents and publishers are no longer necessary! Now everyone can make money as an author!” to “It will be impossible to find good books now that a hundred million monkeys can sell their work on Amazon.”

Gatekeepers aren’t going to go away, but their role will change.

Also, what are you doing with your site that makes Google keep wanting to translate your page from Afrikaans?