Was he right though? Did his prophecy come true, did the industry take heed and make changes to avoid it, or did it turn out he was being alarmist? And if the latter, are we being alarmist now?
It's sad that in order to find new artists (and for new artists to discovered) they have to be pushed by an algorithm. Artists have to appeal to the algorithm and not the people in the system we have accepted.
Very interesting.
Thanks for the letter and the transcription.
Was he right though? Did his prophecy come true, did the industry take heed and make changes to avoid it, or did it turn out he was being alarmist? And if the latter, are we being alarmist now?
It's sad that in order to find new artists (and for new artists to discovered) they have to be pushed by an algorithm. Artists have to appeal to the algorithm and not the people in the system we have accepted.