The time of the music industry auteur is over, Pete Townshend | Felix Cohen

I'm not sorry that bloated A&R corporations are giving way to crowd-supported services. This is an amazing time for artistsWhen I was originally sent some quotes from Pete Townshend's John Peel lecture on Apple – which he refers to as a digital vampire – and music piracy, I was ready to fundamentally disagree with the thrust of his argument, but having taken the time to read it and parse it I'm surprised at how much sense there is. Regrettably, though, he also commits some fairly serious and...

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