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Re: RE: Zoe Keating in NY Times article.@borisfx.com
I'm thinking Eno had it right : ""I think records were just a little
bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while
were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much
money from selling records except that everything was right for this
period of time. I always knew it would run out sooner or later. It
couldn't last, and now it's running out. I don't particularly care
that it is and like the way things are going. The record age was just
a blip. It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the
1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you
traded in whale blubber, you were the richest man on Earth. Then gas
came along and you'd be stuck with your whale blubber. Sorry mate –
history's moving along. Recorded music equals whale blubber.
Eventually, something else will replace it."
Yeah, the difference is that Eno became very, very famous during this so
called 'bubble'
and now commands very, very large fees for his services. He may be
correct in his
assertion of what's happening sociologically and technologically, but
he's a hypocrite when
he says he welcomes this change in culture. He already has 'HIS'. He
prospers while younger artists around him who have every
possibility of being as innovative as him languish, financially.