Still no substitute for a live concert - Newsday.com: "... what do you call someone who discovers an unknown band, then spreads the music to a larger audience? A few years ago, that person was called a full-time record executive. These days, he's a part-time blogger. Or he might be just a teenager who spends a lot of time on MySpace.
"That's where CMJ, now celebrating its 26th year, faces a challenge. With MP3 streams, bit torrents and up-to-the-minute Web sites, who needs a music marathon to get hip to the next big thing? Fans are as well-informed, if not more so, than the professionals who are supposed to be driving the trends. It's a shift in power that's roiling the music industry: Radio is struggling to stay relevant, retailers are closing shop and the Internet continues to confound profit-minded record labels. Does the venerable CMJ marathon still have a place in this new-fangled world?"
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