Jeff Tweedy is My Hero
Posted by Paul Chenkus on December 8, 2005
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Over at Yahoo news there is an interview with Jeff Tweedy (frontman for Wilco) - who is, in my opinion, one down to earth kinda guy. He basically states he sees no problem with file sharing and closing it would be like “closing a library.” The best part of the interview was when Tweedy said ” You can’t just sit in your home studio and crank out records and get rich” (*cough Metallica cough*).
I agree completely. As a matter a fact I would never purchase music from the cry babies like Metallica. I mean these guys make more in one year than I will in my entire life, yet they aren’t content. For the absurd amount these musicians make I feel that they should go on tour and really earn it. I mean yeah I would like to work from home and make millions, but times are changing. Get used to it.
The full article is available here.
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In my opinion, more artists will make a break from record labels and start distributing their music themselves via the internet.
Musicians need to view their work as a means to sell tickets to a live show. I mean look at the Grateful Dead - they made millions touring but very little from album sales. They even allowed live show tapes to be freely distributed. They were ahead of their time.