tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post5861417070887594689..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: The Glass is Half Full not Half Empty!!Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-68285651660049788272008-07-08T23:37:00.000+00:002008-07-08T23:37:00.000+00:00Mark thanks for your comments the question of what...Mark thanks for your comments the question of what is fueling the renaissance in other ares of music is a complex and interesting one. Digitised back lists and greater availability are certainly factors but so is the self interestof artists who are now taking greter control or using marketeers who are focused at pushing concerts, festivals, merchandise. George Martin once said that ' the albumn was the menu and the concert the meal' how true. The business modelis shifting away from recorded revenues and the ones losing out are the record companies because that was what they built their empires on.<BR/>Again many thanks and i am a fan of what you have achieved at BD.Martyn Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-51791599277561050342008-07-08T10:00:00.000+00:002008-07-08T10:00:00.000+00:00You say, Andrew Keen's argument is "far from logic...You say, Andrew Keen's argument is "far from logical and shows a questionable grasp of both history and fact." Spot on! Welcome to Keen's style of debate.<BR/><BR/>It is most certainly "worth noting that music is enjoying good times in performance, merchandising and publishing." Indeed, it might be worth considering whether all the free music content out there is actually what is fueling the renaissance in "in performance, merchandising and publishing."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com