Aside from this year being off to a pretty decent musical start, with the reunion of blink-182, the announcement of a new Green Day record, a new Jimmy Eat World record, and even an Eminem comeback, I'm still a little upset with music.
We've not progressed even a little in the 'what do we do next?' discussions and I'm not even sure we're trying to host those discussions anywhere either. We're not making any leaps and/or bounds in the subscription model that everyone has been so chatty about; even iTunes has broken down their walls and started to work 'with' the majors to ensure that good music is no longer price-effective.
Not to mention that we have authors popping out of the woodwork writing 'books' on the future of music that don't discuss anything outside digital downloading (and that's not the only thing that exists...not even close!) These 'experts' are generally law types; ego-maniacal, unhelpful, and generally over-confident in their own assessment of what our industry needs (which, again, is ALWAYS digital this and that.)
Where are the former touring musicians who struggled to make it, didn't make it but learned a ton, or made it huge and want to help the little guys and girls? Why don't the people who actually live and/or lived it write the books on how it's to be done? Playing a few covers in your local bar to score some strange ass doesn't qualify you as a 'touring expert' (or does it?)! I think it's past time there was a book written by a group of musicians and indie label owners who made more mistakes than anyone cares to admit to; I want to read that book or hear that lecture series, because I know it would be worth my time!
As Mulder would say "Trust No One." This has become a pool of self-certified 'experts'.
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