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Can Newspapers Save Local Music?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the localization-localization-localization dept.

impaler writes: "Roblimo has posted a great piece over at NewsForge about how the Washington Post and other newspapers are hosting MP3 download sites for local musicians and how the sites are actually very popular. An interesting read." Just because the "music industry" works a certain way right now doesn't mean that all change is bad; Bruce Springsteen is apparently finding that he doesn't need much beyond a lock and key to keep the Internet hordes from passing around his albums before they're released, and the musicians on the Washington Post site seem to like being there.

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  1. Local music by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Unfortunately, local music is around the same quality as local news--slim to none. All the songs sound the same--mumbled and recorded in a tin can. Which is just as well, since all the lyrics are about how the singer hates him/herself and therefore wears black tshirts all the time.

    I mean, unless you actually live in NY, Chicago, LA, etc do you really read your local newspaper or watch your local news program? If no, why do you expect local music hosted by these entities to be worth a crap?

  2. Whatever... by Danse · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Every artist/band in your post sucks, mmkay?

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    It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer