Reseed Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age - Steve Knopper
Shared by:Tim31
Written by Steve Knopper
Format: MP3
Written by: Steve Knopper
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 11 hrs
Format: Unabridged
Release Date:01-06-09
Publisher’s Summary
For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three decades, when the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most glamorous, high-profile industries in the world - and the advent of file sharing brought it to its knees.
In a comprehensive, fast-paced account full of larger-than-life personalities, Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper shows that, after the incredible wealth and excess of the ’80s and ’90s, Sony, Warner, and the other big players brought about their own downfall through years of denial and bad decisions in the face of dramatic advances in technology.
Based on interviews with more than 200 music industry sources - from Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. to renegade Napster creator Shawn Fanning - Knopper is the first to offer such a detailed and sweeping contemporary history of the industry’s wild ride through the past three decades.
From the birth of the compact disc, through the explosion of CD sales in the ’80s and ’90s, the emergence of Napster, and the secret talks that led to iTunes, to the current collapse of the industry as CD sales plummet, Knopper takes us inside the boardrooms, recording studios, private estates, garage computer labs, company jets, corporate infighting, and secret deals of the big names and behind-the-scenes players who made it all happen.
“Awesome Book”
This is an awesome book about the music business, where it’s been, and where it’s going. A lot of deep dark secrets are revealed here in how the corporatization of rock ‘n roll corrupted the music, ripped off the performers, cheated the fans, and battled the technology that threatened corporate profiteering. Robert Johnson may have made a deal with the devil at the crossroads, but our favorite musicians and singers didn’t do much better with the record label companies. Those who were lucky enough to be “signed” found themselves in a corporate profit machine, manufacturing music as a product. First it was 45s and LPs. Then came CDs. We consumers made those corporate devils rich. But this is changing as we speak. So before you buy another CD, get this book. If you’re a musician, composer, or performer, this book is a must read for your future
“What We Can Learn from the Record Industry”
We should always pay attention when whole industries implode before our eyes. In my lifetime I’ve seen the rise of the the big corporate music industry (music industry complex?) as multinational music companies rode the ridiculous profits of the star system and the CD and then rapidly eroded into irrelevancy as technology changed the game. The RIAA’s strategy to deal with the MP3, file-sharing, iTunes and the iPod has been to sue their own customers, helping the rest of us to fully understand that the music industry is the enemy of artists and great music. How many great artists were left out a pure hit-making strategy (with massive promotions), and how many musicians made pennies on the dollar for each CD they managed to sell?
Knopper, a reporter for Rolling Stone, traces the excesses of the rise of the music industry and its subsequent fall as we all started to get our music from Napster and later one song at a time from iTunes and Amazon. While the book has way too much (for me irrelevant) detail about the personalities of music industry executives, the basic story of Shakespearean egos and unmatched executive stupidity makes for an enjoyable diversion. Imagine if the record industry had figured out how to license a subscription music service early on during the rise of digital music and Internet distribution?
The technology could have brought new markets and new customers, and billions of dollars to artists. But by fighting the technology (and suing it’s customers) the record industry insured its irrelevancy and demise. What can we learn from this story for us in the “educational industrial complex?”.
“Very cool listen!”
Very interesting for fans of the industry. Those that want an insight into the rise and fall of the CD will be engaged for sure. It also emphasises the strength the industry still posseses. Miller’s narration is easy to listen too aswell.
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This post has 4 comments with rating of 5/5
May 17th, 2014
Reputation restored!
May 17th, 2014
No-one was seeding. Found I had the same audiobook rip from another source, so I will seed.. Been a lot of this lately, new torrents that aren’t seeded.
January 17th, 2017
Can someone please reseed this title? I came to the party too late…
Thanks!
August 25th, 2017
Like Oppor said.
Can someone help us and reseed the torrent?
I’d be glad if someone could help.
Thank you.
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