John Topper: 10 Questions From My 8 Year Old
1. What is a record label?
2. Why did people carry around such big cell phones?
3. Did the radio ever play music?
4. How come Live Nation is building condos where all the amphitheaters used to be?
5. Who is this guy Bob Lefsetz and why did they make a wax figure of him at Madame Tussuad's?
6. Why did we used to have so many CDs in the house when I was growing up?
7. What was it like to see a band in an arena?
8. Are the Knicks going to Ever win it all?
9. Has it always been this expensive to buy tickets to a show?
10. How come there are only Jambands left playing venues?
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I would really be interested in a follow up post from Mr Topper.
While agree with him on certain points (CDs will disappear, the Knicks will remain terrible) on others I am confused.
Why would music stop being played on the radio?
Why would live music go away?
Why would tickets simultaneously become more expensive while fewer bands are playing?
Why are Jambands the only artists who play live?
I disagree with alot of these points…but I’m not part of the music marketing elite so my opinion doesn’t matter lol.
1. The musicians’ friends who help them do everything other than play instruments because musicians hate doing that stuff.
2. The government hadn’t started implanting them into our brains yet.
3. Yep, just like the local college radio station still does.
4. Retirement homes for the old mainstream industry folks.
5. Because at the end of his life he finally realized the mainstream music industry was worthless and championed an independent, do-it-yourself spirit for musicians.
6. You grew up in the 90’s?
7. Like paying $100 to watch a lame band on a giant TV, crammed in with thousands of other suckers who thought Nickleback invented music in 2003.
8. Is that some kind of sports question, honey?
9. $6 for the Fugazi reunion is expensive?
10. Because we live in a lame college town.