selling music

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

There was an interesting discussion this morning on NPR about album of the 
year winner O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU.  Of course, it came to the attention 
of the Grammy nominating committee in the usual way, that is, huge sales.  
The comment on NPR is that it managed to do this with virtually no radio 
play whatsoever.  It's an extremely off-beat genre, for one thing, and 
off-beat songs after that. The answer to the question is, of course, the 
movie.  The movie was built around the soundtrack, and the humor and good 
music carried it.

Additonally there were some comments on NPR about the snarling and snapping 
within the music business that's going on, maybe fueled by this kind of 
blindside win.  There were some political, anti-Internet download 
statements, and some associated artist's rights innuendos.  One industry 
spokesman apparently said it's deregulation of radio that's led to the 
current unhappy situation--only the most mainstream fare makes it onto the 
airwaves.

Maybe all the artists should emulate TBone Burnett and take to writing movie 
soundtracks.  Has everybody here got their copy?

:)
keets



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