The Future of Music

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	• The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution Dave Kusek, Gerd Leonhard Berklee Press, 2005 - 197 pages average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The future is now

For the most part, whenever authors write about new media and the Internet, the book is dated by the time the ink dries. For the most part "The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution" is still ahead of the curve. David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard take chances. Most futurists do. Some of their visions are hitting the bull's eye now in March, 2005 although the book was published two years ago. That's pretty good aim. It reads well too.

The Future of Music

This is a polemic with both feet on the ground. For such a small volume, it carries a great deal to think about although much of that thought will be utopian. There are a few, but too few, ideas about how to bridge the gap from the "old" ways of doing business and the "new" ways of doing future enterprises. In my opinion, technology is an opportunity, not an answer.
I would suggest to get a better picture of what is going on in the music business, one should read both Don Passman's book and The Future of Music. The music industry models that are sketched here are exciting and provocative but the realities of business will remain: those with the greatest investment in the industry will not give way to the young Turks without a significant fight. The Future of Music is a manifesto that urges the young and/or the brave to join the revolution.
Viva la revolucion!

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Good read,

This is a good read for musicians and producers alike. It gives an insight into the prospects of the future of music, but it lacks the practical advice of The Future of the Music Business.

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For the next generation of players and downloaders, a provocative scenario from a music industry think tank. From the Music Research Institute at Berklee College of Music comes a manifesto for the ongoing music revolution. Today, the record companies may be hurting but the music-making business is booming, using non-traditional digital methods and distribution models. This book explains why we got where we are and where we are heading. For the iPod, downloading market, this book will explain new ways of discovering music, new ways of acquiring it and how technology trends will make music "flow like water," benefiting the people who love music and make music.

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