Thom Yorke says the music industry will be dead in months
Thom Yorke has gone from musician to grim reaper as he recently predicted that the music industry would die, not in a few years, but within months.
ThisIsLondon.co.uk (via NME.com) released an article about the Radiohead frontman appearing in an interview for a high school textbook called The Rax Active Citizen Toolkit where he claims that it’s, “only a matter of time — months rather than years — before the music business establishment completely folds.”
He adds that the death of the industry will be “no great loss to the world” and that aspiring musicians should not try to sign with a major label which he calls a, “sinking ship.”
The goal of the textbook is to inspire young people to become more politically literate. Apparently it will also get them a bit depressed if they’re in a band. While it is easier now more than ever to make your music available to the masses, that band that rehearses in a dank garage with dreams of stardom and groupies will always look for the day they get signed. That’s the music industry’s last remaining stronghold; preying on the dreams of musicians.
So if you were looking for that reality check then Papa Yorke is here to give you your daily dose. Prepare accordingly.
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June 9th, 2010 at 8:04 am
No it won’t.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Mm, pretty great stuff. Do you provide any kind of subscription service because I can’t seem to find it.
Thanks
Sophie Lawrence
June 10th, 2010 at 9:07 am
i don’t believe music industry will die in months but in years.
it’s reality people!
just look at the billboard charts right now: the top places are the ones who
sell approximately 250k copies of their albums… mediocre.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
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June 11th, 2010 at 3:43 am
I actually disagree with Thom Yorke. Not on his timeline, but on his assertion that the record industry’s demise is “no great loss.”
Now, to Thom Yorke, it probably isn’t a great loss: he’s an international megastar of rock. He’s past the point where he needs cash for studio time or touring, or someone to dog the reporters into paying attention to him.
A young act just starting up is going to need to get that money from somewhere. If not the record labels….who?
June 11th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
No it won’t?
They’re cashing in on plenty of already signed bands.