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Below, links to a three-part video series from Bloomberg on the music revolution that started with the first MP3 and whose latest chapter is the past year of Coronavirus destroying live performance as we knew it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVRItc38-c&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
It begins with Napster, which is a popular place to start if not entirely right. As someone who traded tapes before there was digital music I recognize the antecedents. Still, Napster was revolutionary to me. I trace my discovery of the remix to my experience with Napster. Perhaps I was odd in how I used it. I didn't want just a rip of a CD - I wanted sounds I couldn't get any other place or way. Live recordings, too.
Along the way I discovered dozens of new artists and realized that the world of music was much much bigger than what the airwaves or CD store would bring me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01DOCnCA1j0&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
I remember the war on sharing quite well. I wasn't a particularly heavy user of the second wave of sharing systems but I started blogging about the Copyright Wars, a hobby that would last about 15 years. Through that I met some interesting folks and became somewhat versed in some odd corners of the law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392B71DgBCY&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
It has always been true that artists need to get paid. If they don't, you don't get (as much) art. The issue wasn't paying the artists, it was giving money to vast corporate empires that sucked everything dry and maybe returned a pittance to a few creators. Meanwhile, thousands starved, waiting for their turn in the spotlight, a chance to be "discovered". The democratization of music, and the multitude of ways that have emerged to reward creators, are the best things to come out of this mess. But I will die mad at the RIAA nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVRItc38-c&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
It begins with Napster, which is a popular place to start if not entirely right. As someone who traded tapes before there was digital music I recognize the antecedents. Still, Napster was revolutionary to me. I trace my discovery of the remix to my experience with Napster. Perhaps I was odd in how I used it. I didn't want just a rip of a CD - I wanted sounds I couldn't get any other place or way. Live recordings, too.
Along the way I discovered dozens of new artists and realized that the world of music was much much bigger than what the airwaves or CD store would bring me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01DOCnCA1j0&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
I remember the war on sharing quite well. I wasn't a particularly heavy user of the second wave of sharing systems but I started blogging about the Copyright Wars, a hobby that would last about 15 years. Through that I met some interesting folks and became somewhat versed in some odd corners of the law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392B71DgBCY&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake
It has always been true that artists need to get paid. If they don't, you don't get (as much) art. The issue wasn't paying the artists, it was giving money to vast corporate empires that sucked everything dry and maybe returned a pittance to a few creators. Meanwhile, thousands starved, waiting for their turn in the spotlight, a chance to be "discovered". The democratization of music, and the multitude of ways that have emerged to reward creators, are the best things to come out of this mess. But I will die mad at the RIAA nonetheless.
