by Frank Rust on December 21, 2010
“The reality is this: Kids today have nowhere near the same connection to music as the generations before them. They never will. They’ll never have the experience of buying an album and taking the time to sit down, listen, and even read the liner notes and look at pictures and ask, “What does this music mean to me?” That doesn’t exist. Now, they’re going to watch the music or have it in the background while they do 12,000 other things—they certainly aren’t going to buy it. The devaluation of music is a problem. Frank used to say music has become wallpaper for people’s lifestyles.”
—Dweezil Zappa
by Frank Rust on October 27, 2010
by Frank Rust on October 15, 2010
“I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time…”
“It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the 1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you traded in whale blubber, you were the richest man on Earth. Then gas came along and you’d be stuck with your whale blubber.”
“Sorry mate, history’s moving along. Recorded music equals whale blubber. Eventually, something else will replace it.” —Brian Eno.