false 6240268 1 A decade ago the vast majority of mainstream music was funneled through a handful of media conglomerates. Now, more people are listening to more music from a greater variety of sources than at any time in history. And big corporations such as Viacom, Clear Channel, and Sony are no longer the sole gatekeepers and distributors, their monopoly busted by a revolution -- an uprising led by bands and fans networking on the Internet. <I>Ripped</i> tells the story of how the laptop generation created a new grassroots music industry, with the fans and bands rather than the corporations in charge. In this new world, bands aren't just musicmakers but self-contained multimedia businesses; and fans aren't just consumers but distributors and even collaborators.<P>As the Web popularized bands and albums that previously would have been relegated to obscurity, innovative artists -- from Prince to Death Cab for Cutie -- started coming up with, and stumbling into, alternative ways of getting their music out to fans. Live music took on an even more significant role. TV shows and commercials emerged as great places to hear new tunes. Sample-based composition and mash-ups leapfrogged ahead of the industry's, and the law's, ability to keep up with them. Then, in 2007, Radiohead released an album exclusively on the Internet and allowed customers to name their own price, including $0.00. Radiohead's "it's up to you" marketing coup seized on a concept the old music industry had forgotten: the customer is always right.<P>National radio host and critically acclaimed music journalist Greg Kot masterfully chronicles this story of how we went from $17.99 to $0.00 in less than a decade. It's a fascinating tale of backward thinking, forward thinking, and the power of music. 6423034 19 5 2009 Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music total:84|5:15|4:42|3:24|2:3|1:0| 84 321 181 35 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 05:58:48 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 07:35:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 17:18:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 17:34:19 -0700 2009
I don't know what the problem is - I write email messages to people that are often three-four times longer than they should be (or so it seems after completing them) but I often find that ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:00:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 08:08:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 19:50:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 03:57:32 -0700 2009 1
This book is slanted towards indie rock music, but personally I don't mind. It put a few things into perspective for me, and raised my attention to aspects of the music industry I had never given much thought. Music technology and the ability to share, di...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:16:17 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 14:03:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 09:48:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 06:57:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 16:49:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:53:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:53:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 10:20:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:41:32 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:14:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:46:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:17:31 -0700 2009
Greg Kot's book has done a great job of consolidating most ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:11:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:15:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:14:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 03:53:02 -0700 2009
Reecord companies have become increasingly obsolete as music fans have found ways to obtain music for free. Artist reactions have ranged from Metallica's thuggish tirades to Radiohead's gi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:51:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:52:42 -0700 2009 This book is more for the younger generation and how the music industry failed to stay current with the internet. I found the book a little tiring in some spots only because I personally am not current with today's music scene.

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Beginning chronologically, Kot first gives us a mini-review of the history of the music industry, Clear Channel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:28:24 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:37:12 -0700 2009
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This was a great non-fiction book. Some Non-fiction books, no matter how interesting the topic, are really boring and h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 04:30:05 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 04:34:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:47:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:51:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 22:53:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 07:44:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:40:55 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:42:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 17:01:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:18:15 -0700 2009 Not a lot of new stuff for people who lived through the digital revolution of music, but since Kot is an actual journalist, he sources everything and adds a lot of details (album sales numbers, etc.) that I was previously only aware of in a general sense.

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