Janis Ian on the Music Industry

edc · Sep 24, 2002

Janis Ian has written several "less-than-flattering" articles on life in the music industry. Her latest (a long-form "Q-and-A") is now up at slashdot.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/23/133228

Seriously, diversity is something record companies can't afford anymore - not the majors, at any rate.

[...] (Why?)

My guess is that it's all about protecting their Internet-challenged business model. Their profit comes from blockbuster artists. If the industry moved to a more varied ecology, independent labels and artists would thrive--to the detriment of the labels, which would have trouble rustling up the rubes to root for the next Britney
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