Crap

Tommy Silverman: "Hobbyists... Clutter the Music Environment with Crap."

Source: HypeBot
July 13, 2010

Over at Wired, there's an intriguing interview piece where the ever curious Eliot Van Buskirk talks with Tommy Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records, about “What's Wrong With Music Biz."  As expected, there are some rather controversial things said in relation to what it means to “break" an artist in the music industry these days, and it leaves the reader to question whether or not Silverman's criteria match that of the emerging musical middle class dynamic. Silverman also shares his ...
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Clearly Channeling a Lot of Crap

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2008

From Boston comes a story that is sounding a little familiar. For 34 years, Bill Trowbridge was a sign hanger, one of those guys who puts up billboards.

Five years ago, the media conglomerate Clear Channel bought the company and tried to make a profitable business more profitable. They offered buyouts that cut the 48 employees in Local 391 of the sign workers in half. But that wasn't enough. Last March, Clear Channel told the remaining workers that they were ...
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