Fitting weather for a talk on the future of the music industry.
If you are in an indie band, or if you are an indie band fan, Bob Lefsetz is a guy you want to know. There are many music commentators who are in the back pocket of the giant music industry players, so you don't get the real story from them.
Bob Lefsetz is completely different. He is an outside insider, who tells it like he sees it - and he sees a lot!
Check out this clip before reading further:
Here is a direct quote from Mr. lefsetz on the future of the music biz:
"Winners start off in the wilderness. They do it their own way. They stick to their guns. They work incessantly and they never give up.
Whew. That just does not sound like enough people in the record business, on either side of the fence, talent or businessman.
We live in a confusing, crazy world. But one thing is constant. The winners pay their dues. And it's not solely time on the chain gang. No, there's a ton of anxiety involved. Questioning yourself, taking risks, sticking to your guns when no one believes in you.
It's every man for himself out there. Shouldn't be, but it is.
There's a safety net in Canada. In Sweden. That's the socialism you decry. But in the good old United States, the game is stacked against you. Those with power, with money, have erected walls to keep you out. And if you think kissing butt is the way to get ahead, you're delusional. It's not about how you can get signed, it's about how you can beat Universal at its own game. You've got to be smarter than Lucian Grainge. Believe me, these people exist. And they're gonna be the winners. They're the ones we're gonna be reading about in "Vanity Fair" five years from now."
Overdue straight talk about the music industry and how it is up to YOU to propel the music biz forward.
It's a brave new world, and we'll all part of it! There has never been a more exciting time to be part of the music industry.
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