“We tend to mistake music for the physical object.”
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Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah, ' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
