Comments on: Rick Rubin profile in NYT http://tsuibhne.net/2007/09/03/rick-rubin-profile-in-nyt/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:07:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul http://tsuibhne.net/2007/09/03/rick-rubin-profile-in-nyt/#comment-14011 Paul Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:34:26 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/09/03/rick-rubin-profile-in-nyt/#comment-14011 Let the music "industry" die. The real artists will continue to make make music and MTV will die. Big deal. The long tail will continue to exist for music, because, as Rick said, people love the shit out of it. Oh, and the record labels all forget to mention the correlation between # of artists and albums released and amount of sales. There has been a negative correlation between those two for years, but all they talk about is piracy. Sure, that plays a part, but I buy more now than I ever did (of course, I have more $$ now, but . . . ). Let the music “industry” die. The real artists will continue to make make music and MTV will die. Big deal. The long tail will continue to exist for music, because, as Rick said, people love the shit out of it.

Oh, and the record labels all forget to mention the correlation between # of artists and albums released and amount of sales. There has been a negative correlation between those two for years, but all they talk about is piracy. Sure, that plays a part, but I buy more now than I ever did (of course, I have more $$ now, but . . . ).

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