{"id":1684,"date":"2013-10-18T13:22:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2013-10-18T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T13:26:00","slug":"how-music-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"How Music Works …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Byrne: ‘The internet will suck all creative content out of the world’<\/a><\/p>\n

Is there a fair solution? And does it matter? Historically, musicians who weren’t among the top pop stars were never well-paid \u2013 isn’t that just the way it goes if you decide to make music your calling? Like writers and fine artists, most of them will never make a\u00a0living doing exclusively what they love doing? Is this griping equivalent to Metallica’s complaint about Napster \u2013 viewed by many as the moaning of a\u00a0bunch of fat cats who were out of touch? Were recording artists simply spoiled for a few decades and now those days are gone? Even Wagner was\u00a0always in debt and slept with rich women to get funding \u2013 so nothing’s new, right? I know quite a few fine artists who teach \u2013 presumably to make\u00a0ends meet and to allow them the\u00a0freedom to do what they want. But\u00a0I don’t see hordes of band-members getting comfy spots in\u00a0universities anytime soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I disagree with David Byrne and his Spotify stance<\/a><\/p>\n

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So should the recording industry be saved and\u00a0do musicians need saving? And note that I say recording industry, not the music industry \u2013 they are two different things. I have no interest in saving the recording industry in its current form. The recording industry was set up to exploit musicians. It pays low royalties to musicians for sales of their work in return for providing money to musicians so they can record their work. There are multiple examples of different models within this system \u2013 but that is the system as it stands. Me and other musicians have often said that \u2018we pay back the mortgage but never own the house\u2019 under this system. What that means is that when a musician signs away their rights to their work they hardly ever get those rights back. The way to avoid being trapped in this system is simple \u2013 retain the rights to your copyrights. Those copyrights are a tangible good that a musician should own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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CBC Interview with David Byrne October 18, 2013 (MP3)<\/a><\/p>\n

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