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they are talking about the recording industry more than about music; so I suppose I agree?

the recording industry is the problem that music has. But this 'problem' is not limited to music.

That’s (the music industry) is their point. They wrote this well into a prominent career working in the industry. It’s not just some navel gazing about the impact, it’s served as a reality calibration for musicians seeking something on the spectrum of sustainable career to stardom for decades. The sobering reality that “success” in music is and has been mostly a vessel to concentrate wealth and direct culture at the whims of a few powerful people is definitely not limited to music, but it’s something musicians deserve to be aware of in the particulars of how it plays out.

> the recording industry is the problem that music has. But this 'problem' is not limited to music.

In most other industries the individual isn't part of the product, but replaceable a lot more easily.

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