David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) has an interesting article in Wired about surviving - even thriving, in the digital (post-cd) age.
The old way:
In the days of yore, the “Record Companies” fulfilled an important role: they bankrolled the expensive recording and manufacturing, not to mention marketing and distribution.
Today, recording and manufacturing are practically nil. So it’s a different world - but David Byrne says, perhaps a better one!
