Comments on: Debating File-Sharing and Artists’ Rights; Easton Corbin’s Sophomore Album Due in Sept.; Album Releases

By: Ken Morton, Jr.

Ken Morton, Jr. — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:12:51 +0000

I’m with Jon on this one. It would seem that someone who is lucky- or crazy/stupid/dedicated- enough to carve out a living and dedicate their career to making music would have a bigger opportunity to better write, practice, play and perform than someone who is doing it purely as a hobby. As a fan of music, it should be in our own selfish interest to ensure that those who move us make enough money to keep moving us.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:44:05 +0000

Why is Travis Morrison’s response to Lowery better than Lefsetz’s? If he’s decided to be just a hobbyist who doesn’t care about making anything from his music, that’s fine for him, but to advise everyone else to do the same takes a good deal of chutzpah.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:33:28 +0000

All I want is well produced, good sounding 320 kps MP3′s I can buy for $ 1.29 or less each! That’s all!

I wish Bear Family would set up a website in the US that would do exactly that so I could hear samples of all the songs on Bear Family’s country offerings and cherry pick the keepers. To me that would be hillbilly hog heaven…

By: Dana M

Dana M — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:38:24 +0000

Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, torrentz, and for awhile I even used websites to rip youtube videos for music and videos. Before my entire iTunes collection became country music, friends of friends would give me their iPods to fill up.

I feel the same way about music that I do about movies and tv shows. It has to be made readily available and easily accessible. If I can’t find it legitimately, I’ll take other routes.

Nowadays though, it’s purely itunes and my rdio account. If it’s not available on either, I’m not listening. :-/

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:38:51 +0000

Travis Morrison of the group Dismemberment Plan had a better response to Lowery:

“So look. I was in this band called The Dismemberment Plan, that was a large-club act in the late-90s and early 2000s. We were never as big as Cracker but we did ok. I’m 39. I still make music. I make no money from it anymore. I’ve had my ups and downs. It’s all good. And I stole the f*** out of music before there ever was an internet, David, and then Napster came along and s*** got real. I’m going to take a moment to describe some of my memories and methods of wanting music so badly that I just reached out and grabbed it even before Napster made it easy and cool. Apparently, none of my cohort ever did any of this stuff; I had some majorly goody-goody friends it seems. Either that, or they are doing that generational-amnesia thing.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/travis-morrison/hey-dude-from-cracker-im_b_1610557.html?

By: Jack Williams

Jack Williams — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:38:51 +0000

Seems that Mr. Lefsetz likes to play the contrarian. Easy to dismiss, especially when he starts off with a gratuitous insult and represents his opinion as fact (“If only he’d make music as riveting as his writing, with as many people caring about what he has to sing.”). Then, there’s his representation of David Lowery’s essay as an attack on a particular person. Seems clear enough to me that he’s trying to engage Ms. White and those like minded people of her generation and hopes to persuade them with his views.

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:45:35 +0000

The Lowery piece is fantastic. Well worth a read.
The Lefsetz piece is decidedly not.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:37:53 +0000

So excited for the new Easton Corbin release. Easily my most anticipated release through the end of the year.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:07:39 +0000

Good job, Juli, in extracting exactly the most essential passage in Lowery’s piece.

Oh, and Bob Lefsetz is a big fat duck. Only that ain’t the right vowel.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:11:30 +0000

Can’t wait to hear that new Easton Corbin album!