{"id":4985,"date":"2012-02-02T08:02:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2012-02-02T08:04:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T16:04:40","slug":"electric-landlady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/02\/electric-landlady\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Landlady"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spotify link – Electric Landlady <\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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"we’ve grown accustomed to treating ‘the music industry’ as synonymous with a handful of large recording companies."

Why We Shouldn’t Worry About The (Alleged) Decline Of The Music Industry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s from Timothy B. Lee’s report about Mike Masnick’s Midem presentation: <\/p>\n

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The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Large & Growing… Not Shrinking<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We need new glasses. Imagine if all you had were reading specs. You wouldn’t be able to see far away, you’d be oblivious to the big picture.<\/p>\n

That’s what’s happened in music. Since the four soon to be three major labels have been complaining, as well as the stars their machine built, conventional wisdom is that music is screwed, going down the drain. But more people are recording than ever before and it’s easier to hear their music and more ways to pay them if people like it.<\/p>\n

I heard this Kila track, "Electric Landlady", on Sirius XM’s Spectrum last night. Now Sirius XM is a service that not only charges listeners, but pays copyright holders and performers. That’s all good. But without Spotify, without YouTube, that track would have gone into the ether, I probably never would have heard it again.<\/p>\n

I’d never heard of the act, never mind the track, but I liked it.<\/p>\n

I typed the title on my hand-set, sent myself an e-mail and just checked out the cut on Spotify, then looked up the band on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

It was all news to me.<\/p>\n

And it ain’t exactly rock and roll, but I like it. And I’ve played "Electric Landlady" five times already on Spotify.<\/p>\n

Today, it’s easy to spread the word. Sure, there’s more information than ever, but with so many people listening, a certain amount rises up. Maybe not to the top, but to the point where the creators can get paid. Maybe not as much as in yesteryear, but in the old days those stars were the only ones getting paid. Now the wealth is shared.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, read this article from the "Financial Times": <\/p>\n

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Spotify hits 3m subscribers to improve conversion rate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Spotify conversion is going up.<\/p>\n

Only one online music service will win. And Spotify has traction and now apps, which should not be underestimated, they could kill Pandora.<\/p>\n

But now when you can check out everything you’re not going to listen to the same spoon-fed stuff over and over again.<\/p>\n

Kila is never going to be on Top Forty radio. It’s never going to be a priority at Sony. But "Electric Landlady" is damn good.<\/p>\n

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YouTube link -K\u00c3\u00adla- Electric Landlady<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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