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Duran Duran's John Taylor laments effect of Internet on discovering + appreciating music: http://bit.ly/4E8QjD 11/14/2009 |
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I think there's much to be said for this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8347178.stm . 11/12/2009 |
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RT @writerauthorart Is the internet stifling new music? Duran Duran's John Taylor thinks so: http://bit.ly/C4HMg #duranduran #johntaylor 11/12/2009 |
Shorties (The Beatles, How to Write a Great Novel, and more)
Largehearted Boy —
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At BBC News, John Taylor examines the effects of the internet on new music.
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Duran Duran's John Taylor: Why Youtube and Twitter Will Ruin Culture...
The Daily Swarm —
... BBC:
When artists today are asked to Twitter their every thought, their every action, to record on video their every breath, their every performance, I believe they’re diluting their creative powers, their creative potency and the durability of their work.
And in the long run I believe they’re also diluting the magical power and the magnetic attraction that they can or will ever have over their audience. ...
Music discovery stories (Marginal Utility)
PopMatters —
... to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor’s essay (!) for the BBC about how the internet changes music consumption. He relates a story about seeing Roxy Music on television in 1972 and riding his bike for miles to go to a shop where he could buy the record. We had no video recorders, and of course there was no YouTube. There was no way whatsoever that I could watch that appearance again, however badly I wanted to. And the power of that restriction was enormous…. The power of that single television appearance created such pressure, such magnetism, that I got sucked in and I had to ...
Duran Duran Bassist Says Twitter "Dilutes Creative Powers"
All articles at Technorati —
... and all. [image] All of this social media tom foolery is enough to dilute creative powers and potency from the artistic genius. At least that's what John Taylor, Duran Duran bassist (and '80s hair master) would have us believe. "When artists today are asked to Twitter their every thought, their every action, to record on video their every breath, their every performance, I believe they're diluting their creative powers, their creative potency and the durability of their work," Taylor writes . I'm reminded of a statement that Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler made during the ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Greg Brown - The Evening Call
Music articles at Blogcritics —
... this very idea. Counterpoint was then provided by John Taylor (Yes, that John Taylor, bass player for Duran Duran). The funny thing is that Taylor had some of the same ideas about this (basically, universal access causing a devaluation of things) as E.B. White did about about television all the way back in 1948:"Like radio, television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well ...
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