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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

postheadericon Apparently The Creative Class Is Dead Because No One Works At Tower Records Any More

Honestly had to read Scott Timberg column is in the room called "The creative class is a lie," a couple of times before I was sure it was not satire, and he truly believes that ridiculous things he wrote. The article is mainly to collect the ideas of Richard Florida, who discussed the significance of the "creative class" in the conduct of the U.S. economy. According to Timberg, the creative class is disappearing . Now we can debate whether this is true (and the evidence we have seen suggests otherwise), but the evidence presented by Timberg no evidence at all. Arguing that it is something completely different:
what is happening at all levels, all ages. Independent bookstores and record stores close at a steady pace, newspapers and magazines announcing new waves of layoffs. Tower Records crashed in 2006, costing 3,000 jobs. The failure of Borders Books this summer - about 700 stores closed, putting about 11,000 people out of work - is the most tangible and new. A weekend video store in Los Angeles - Video Rocket - has announced it will close later this month.

I continue to read this paragraph again and again, and it becomes more and no less crazy. How long the people working behind the counter at Tower Records and Borders, "the creative class?" As far as I can tell, Timberg appears to be the argument that when people who have do not have whips work has shown the death of the transportation industry. He is honest argument that the end of unforeseen work associated with obsolete technology or system, represents the end of an entire industry - while completely ignoring the system (important and increasing) completely new one which was held out of date. It's ridiculous. mentioned that Will real musicians and
writers
real there are many more ways to create, distribute and make money? No, that would really know what's going on. He complains of the authors and young musicians' struggle through the economic crisis and sad and restore the Internet. "However, it was

never a time when the vast majority of authors and young musicians who were not "fight"? The word "hunger" usually comes before "artist" for a reason. And the reality is that in the past has been much harder

for a living as a writer or musician, because the

only

way to succeed was to choose one of a handful of guards - houses disks or the big publishers - and even then you would have to be one of about 10% of creators who actually decide to sign just to do successfully. Most of the musicians and most writers - even those enrolling for the major record companies and publishers - always end in financial difficulty. This has always been the case. To claim that something new is a lie.
Timberg If you pay attention, he would realize that the opportunities for musicians and writers of today
more because they have to be chosen by the great goaltending. You can turn off the music themselves and monetize it by any number of new platforms and DIY tools from Bandcamp TuneCore of Topspin and beyond. The authors have same opportunity. They can put their own websites and make self-publishing through Lulu or Amazon. And a growing number of success stories of such "direct-to-fan" campaigns in the industry - the people who were completely ignored and never accepted by the industry of old.

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