Quote of the day from @Lefsetz ...

"It's like the mainstream has got the pedal to the metal. Powering headlong towards the cliff. I guess the drivers are planning to eject just before the precipice, but I don't understand why they think we want to go along for the ride. No one likes to be a passenger, with no control in a disaster. That's why we hate being in the back of the plane. We want to be in charge of our own destiny, we want to drive, we want to be in control.

"And that's what the Web is all about. Everybody piloting their own ship, at their own speed. Discovering music is like going to a new country, one that's existed for years, that others may have visited, but that you've never been to."

-- Bob Lefsetz

Quote of the day from my favorite music blogger, Bob Lefsetz

"We no longer live in the twentieth century, when MTV anointed an act and everybody bought it (but isn't it fascinating they all had such a brief shelf-life.) Now no specific medium has a hold on audience mindshare and the public is used to things being here today and gone tomorrow. Like the Keith Richards hype. A tsunami last week, nonexistent this week. And that's fine if you're selling a finite consumable that everybody needs on one day, like Gatorade in hundred degree heat, but if you want people to pay again the hype has to sustain. And it isn't exactly hype, you have to continue to be in people's minds. And you can only do this by creating music that people need. This is not a momentary hit. You've got to speak from the gut, you've got to touch souls."

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Quote of the day from my favorite music blogger, Bob Lefsetz

"We don't want you to be an icon. We want you to be a beacon. And those are two very different identities. One is two-dimensional, blinding us with its light. The other is positively three-dimensional, illuminating the way ahead, illustrating life in a way we both know and don't. Isn't that the essence of the best songs? We both know them, but don't?" -- Bob Lefsetz

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