In the movie High Fidelity, record store owner Rob Gordon balefully asks himself: “Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?”
A similar but more upbeat version of this question might apply to the music industry: did artists become more creative in response to the seismic shifts in the industry’s financial model, or did the creativity of a new generation of music stars force the industry to restructure?
James ThomsonColumnistJames Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
