billydee Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Not sure how many of you follow this guy, but I have been for years and in my opinion he is typically spot-on correct about the music industry.http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/08/11/what-we-know-2/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Who is this guy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billydee Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Lefsetz has been writing about the music industry for many years. It used to be an industry only blog so you had to pay for it but it became free several years ago. He's really good at stirring the pot and pissing industry types off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Who is this guy? Some crap head ---- he is to me what Keith Richards is to Analogman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 LOL Wilco Me already posted a thread about this guy the other day. Don't get too happy - as he has put down Wilco in the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billydee Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 FYI the link here is not to the same Lefsetz article referenced earlier- here's the Wilco mention I'm referring to- "Brands kill bands. But businessmen love to commission and players are so angry no one knows them they tie in with corporations to get ahead but they’re being left behind. Your best hope is to align yourself with those who care, your fans, who will ensure longevity if you play it right. Best example, Wilco. The press loves them, their fans do too, and nobody who doesn’t care already ever will. This is the modern paradigm. Just as long as you’re willing to be Wilco. (And no amount of press about their free album in an era where everything is free and Jeff Tweedy’s album with his son will make anybody listen to the music who hasn’t been listening already. This is akin to Phish. It’s the same damn 20k at every gig. We know who the band is, we don’t want to go. But Phish is rich on the backs of these fans. And their business sustains without media attention. And both Wilco and Phish have never sold out and their careers have lasted decades when popsters can’t draw an audience a year after their last hit.)" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 His grammar is kinda funky, wouldn't you say? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billydee Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I guess I should have titled the thread "this article says something nice about Wilco but feel free to find other issues with it" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I guess I should have titled the thread "this article says something nice about Wilco but feel free to find other issues with it" That made me laugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I guess I should have titled the thread "this article says something nice about Wilco but feel free to find other issues with it" Sorry, no offense meant. I agree with what he has said. Respect should be paid to Wilco & Phish for redefining how a band can be successful in the music business, however harder it might be these days.It's just he just had a lot of different thoughts within one set of parentheses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billydee Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 No offense taken Robby, and yes that paragraph is quite busy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDylan'sBeard Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 He's probably like me, he writes something like a blogpost and then doesn't proofread it. Or edit it for clarity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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