This hit my timeline again yesterday, for obvious reasons. I just loved catching up on #Glastonbury2022 and reflecting on the art and business of making music. To most of us, the first part is totally alien. Seeing McCartney create......
https://twitter.com/adrianmckinty/status/1538245311235297280
I dug out this scene from the massively underated Scorcese TVSeries #vinyl.
Isn't that just amazing?
For anyone who wants to know how the industry was, watch Vinyl. I'm not talking retail, or MTV/radio, music publishing....I mean a record label.
Isn't that just amazing?
For anyone who wants to know how the industry was, watch Vinyl. I'm not talking retail, or MTV/radio, music publishing....I mean a record label.
#springsteen did something very similar with his guitar during this amazing Keynote speech.
In itself, the talk is unmissable. So don't. He explains the history of music thru chords.
In itself, the talk is unmissable. So don't. He explains the history of music thru chords.
It was a priviledge to be around a label. Work in that environment. Those moments when they see something. And the A&R guys know.
Again from Vinyl the scene about the birth of disco.
Watch Vinyl. It's Scorcese.
Again from Vinyl the scene about the birth of disco.
Watch Vinyl. It's Scorcese.
Most pertinently, the music industry was full of great leaders. People that knew a product that worked. Out there seeing what was changing. How they needed to adapt the product market fit.
Sure many of these guys were indisciplined. But they were good.
Sure many of these guys were indisciplined. But they were good.
My own direct comparison, working in both the sports and music industries is very clear.
Some exceptions (that all can grab onto for their ego) but in the main, the people that lead sport aren't a patch on a Clive Davis. Chris Blackwell. Maybe different in the US, but here?
Some exceptions (that all can grab onto for their ego) but in the main, the people that lead sport aren't a patch on a Clive Davis. Chris Blackwell. Maybe different in the US, but here?
It's because when something isn't set up as a business, it doesn't breed great businessmen. Music is a business. Sport thinks it isn't.
The committee structures of the butchers bakers and candlestick makers. "Old farts"
The ex athletes who shouldn't be in the CSuite.
The committee structures of the butchers bakers and candlestick makers. "Old farts"
The ex athletes who shouldn't be in the CSuite.
This week we will see the Blatter Platini trial @ttmygh
But forget that.
Have a look at the real issue. Piracy and digital disruption killed that old musicbiz. Worry about that.
In the meantime....let's go back to the start. Here is Paul Simon...
But forget that.
Have a look at the real issue. Piracy and digital disruption killed that old musicbiz. Worry about that.
In the meantime....let's go back to the start. Here is Paul Simon...
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