Still the Problem with Music

Spoiler alert: It's the money

Two of my favorite writers, Ted Gioia and Shawn Reynaldo, have recently published scathing essays about the dire state of the music business.

I suggest you read them, because it’s become really bad.

Now you could argue that the music industry has always been bad, as in: exploitative and extractive, and you wouldn’t be wrong.

Just check this 1993 article b…