Comments on: Harder, better, faster, stronger? http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/harder-better-faster-stronger The Music Magazine of Music Magazines Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chris sheerin http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/harder-better-faster-stronger#comment-615 chris sheerin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:13:58 +0000 http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/?p=7178#comment-615 Very good an interesting article. I don't agree with your pessimistic outlook but I agree it is a bleak future. A number of (admittedly) well-established musicians with strong followings have tried to break away from the corporate model. Kristen Hersh and Thea Gilmore for instance. And Idlewild fan's funded their new album. I don't understand why Nerina had to re-mortgage her house when making a record is quite cheap these days compared with twenty years ago. Depends if she used the money for publishing and marketing. That seems to be a money-sink. As for advertisement isn music? I wouldn't be surprised if albums start name dropping and product placing on a regular basis. The next Bowling For Soup album is probably called I Love Snapple! Very good an interesting article.

I don’t agree with your pessimistic outlook but I agree it is a bleak future.

A number of (admittedly) well-established musicians with strong followings have tried to break away from the corporate model. Kristen Hersh and Thea Gilmore for instance. And Idlewild fan’s funded their new album.

I don’t understand why Nerina had to re-mortgage her house when making a record is quite cheap these days compared with twenty years ago. Depends if she used the money for publishing and marketing. That seems to be a money-sink.

As for advertisement isn music? I wouldn’t be surprised if albums start name dropping and product placing on a regular basis. The next Bowling For Soup album is probably called I Love Snapple!

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