One of the reasons that I write so much stuff about the music industry is, I think that the future of the music industry is going to be an indicator of the future of all creative mediums. I believe that art and the creative process are essential components to society. I’m starting to see that [...]

Jillian Cohan has written a piece for The American, “The Show Must Go On”. In her opening, she addresses a fundamental issue that many aren’t catching on to.
Aging acts account for most of the music industry’s live performance revenue. What happens when these acts are gone?
The music industry is banking on concert revenue. Live performance [...]

In the first two minutes of this video, FZ explains how and why the music industry began to lose its way. Long before CDs or MP3s or file sharing someone said; “Let’s Get A Hippie In Here”, and things went south.
The last couple of minutes are Zappa discussing other issues (behavior modification, sex, safe sex, [...]