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richard barrett
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« Reply #1 on: 12:17:47, 29-05-2007 » |
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Its collapse was probably inevitable. But its extinction threatens to leave Britain a land without music – a culture without a musical voice in the coming download civilisation. What a (typical) load of nonsense. |
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« Reply #2 on: 12:58:04, 29-05-2007 » |
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I read it over the Bank Holiday weekend, in a fit of some kind of masochism after getting drenched all day at an early music outdoor event. I can't say reading Stormin' Norman improved my sense of well-being greatly - his increasingly messianic style seems to get worse on a cumulative curve.
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« Reply #3 on: 13:35:46, 29-05-2007 » |
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By NL's own low standards that's a dreadful piece. A century of record history on the auction block? What, will my EMI CDs and LPs self-destruct once the sale ( far from completed) goes through? Can we not live with the "devastating cultural consequences" of no more millions being thrown at Robbie Williams and Mariah Carey? He's correct to note EMI's previous sluggishness to keep up with the times, but right now they are expected to be the first of the majors to release of their music free of Digital Rights Management on iTunes - a big step forward that many indie labels took some time ago. It may be a step too late (I've not yet found anyone making a connection between the two EMI stories), but in major-label terms this is pretty cutting edge. And where this leaves NL's doom-laden punchline of "a culture without a musical voice in the coming download civilisation", I don't know, but I suspect it starts to make even less sense. |
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Its collapse was probably inevitable. But its extinction threatens to leave Britain a land without music – a culture without a musical voice in the coming download civilisation. What a (typical) load of nonsense. Yes that is not a very clever or sensible statement, clearly music-making will continue in Britain and people who want to hear new performances (and historical performances) will still do so; though if it means less rubbish from Robbie Williams and Mariah Carey then there is at least some good news  |
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« Reply #5 on: 19:49:27, 29-05-2007 » |
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Its collapse was probably inevitable. But its extinction threatens to leave Britain a land without music – a culture without a musical voice in the coming download civilisation. What a (typical) load of nonsense. I agree. Surely even he must be able to see that the biggest success stories of recent years have been independent orchestra labels? LSO Live etc. etc. (And bugleringly good they are too). It's as if EMI was, is and always will be the only record label that Britain will ever be known for. |
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... the heart of British music ... devastating cultural consequences ... the destruction of tradition ... The Beatles, however, were no fluke .... EMI was a unique alloy of past and future ... The Beatles did not call their album Abbey Road for nothing ... The removal of EMI rips the heart out of British music ... Once EMI is gone, opportunities wither and creativity wilts ... Weep as we may for the burnt-out Cutty Sark .... Never mind the bollocks it's the Lebrecht Pistols ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAVlRoGW5wc&mode=related&search= |
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Its collapse was probably inevitable. But its extinction threatens to leave Britain a land without music – a culture without a musical voice in the coming download civilisation. What a (typical) load of nonsense. A land with music, aber nur Unterhaltungsmusik, possibly? |
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As with the demise of traditional progressive values at 3, perhaps the thing to watch out for will be where the
movers and shakers disperse. It does seem amazingly churlish to ignore a label like Chandos who will perhaps the main advocates of British music (a good thing insofar as its good, culturally significant and neglected). On a more
general note perhaps the reversion to small labels will make product more distinctive\a nd engaging and make a
wider audience a tad more discerning about the aesthetics and tec of recordings across the board...and hence a something deeper impression left to pursue as the unterhaltung fades?
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« Reply #9 on: 09:30:35, 30-05-2007 » |
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Not just Chandos, but also Hyperion, NMC and many others. EMI Classics' recent new issues have been woefully unimaginative anyway, as indeed have those from Universal, Sony-BMG and... oh yes, that's all there is now in terms of "major labels". The way the "industry" is organised has been changing for years, and the demise of EMI is only the latest symptom of this. The idea that music will somehow die as a result can only come from a mind which believes that these increasingly irrelevant, bloated corporations are the only things keeping it alive, which, as most of the rest of us can see, is industry propaganda at its most desperate.
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I do actually think he has a valid point about McCartney, who basically owes his career to EMI.
But I guess Mr. Thumbs Aloft still nurses a perceived grievance about the way EMI managed his (extremely disappointing) solo career.
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« Reply #11 on: 11:50:51, 20-06-2007 » |
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I don't think the fall of EMI can be linked to 'the end of classical music'.
Throughout its history, even when it was the Gramophone and Typewriter Company,EMI made its profits from popular record sales and regarded the perpetually loss-making classical side as a prestige investment,in the same way that the Great Central Railway balanced its profotable but unglamorous freight businsess with its luxurious but over-expensive passenger trains.. So EMI's collapse is really the result of falling popular sales.
Any guesses on what will happen to its enormous back catalogue of great recordings? ,
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« Reply #12 on: 12:39:26, 20-06-2007 » |
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Any guesses on what will happen to its enormous back catalogue of great recordings? Well, that might be a serious question if this supposed 'collapse of EMI' didn't seem to be a peculiar figment of the Lebrechtian imagination. Have you actually seen it being reported anywhere else, smittims? I haven't. |
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It's being bought by time warner though (through somebody else I think), right? Or whoever it is, one would imagine their catalogue being available from the other company (maybe).
I'm only 40% sure about any of the above.
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