If Steve Jobs Dies Do Musicians Lose?
"If Steve Jobs dies do musicians lose? Yes, in the immediate future if Steve Jobs died it would harm musicians because the single best thing about iTunes is how ubiquitous and understood it is as a music player and purchasing tool for digital music. The cloud is the final frontier for music. Streaming is the future, but without Jobs to hold the direction and vision for iTunes, the future of streaming would be wide open." – Voyno, The New Rockstar Philosophy
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Bull. “Following the crowd” trend never cease to amaze me, even in the independent world. If musicians survived before ITUNES, it can damn sure survive after it if it comes to CLOSE one day. Because something better will come along. You know, distribution and media services is all about innovation, strategies and skills. Aboviously this generation of media and music lack everything in that those departments and are just lazy. Think about this, if everything music-wise was dictated by Apple in general, then musicians would be in REALLY jepordy without the assistance of the FUCKED UP RECORD LABELS. What would happened if Apple acted the same way the music and recording industry acted and treat their artist and consumers? WHATCHA GONNA DO THEN? It’s nice to have Apple as one of the many options of music, media outlets and distribution services, but don’t judge an artist or musician’s career based off of what Steve Jobs and Apple products does. That’s way too much kissing ass now.
Wow, I’m no fan of Stevo, but this story is kind of sickening. Are you guys hurting that much for hits that you feel the need to write a story like this with such a sensationalistic headline?
I know the guy is sick, but do you really need to start talking about his death? Come on, this isn’t just the head dude at Apple, he’s a person. Have some respect.
Maybe sending him your best wishes is a better idea. Have some f@cking respect.
Seriously Hypebot?
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Very True.
Kyle is a dirtball. Erase this post! Stop erasing my comments dweeb!
You only want comments that put you in a good light. This site suck- ass now since you came around.
I can’t believe this. I’ve also had my comments erased, just because they were critical (no profanity or anything). I agree with all the above.
Unsubscribing from this blog. That headline was totally unnecessary, trying to grab links. Even if it was a quote, not ok. Will tell others to avoid Hypebot.
I cannot imagine how frustrating it must be to work at apple when bloggers like this will attribute 100% of your work and your colleagues work to Steve Jobs, whose primary skillset over the past decade has been self-promotion.
The response this post has received is not only understandable, it’s a relief. Hero worship should have no place at Hypebot, especially when said heroes have no interest in our work or our goals. Actions speak louder than press releases.
Steve Jobs saved the day.
About the only real return $$ most indie artists will ever see will be from iTunes.
Get Well Steve
Shame hypebot, my previous post was also deleted for no apparent reason other than being critical of this article’s headline. I’m done with this place.
Wow. Seriously? Everyone is blaming Kyle as if he said it, but perhaps everyone failed to notice it is in quotes and is attributed to someone else at another site. In fact, if you click on the link the article on that site has the same title. I imagine the point of sharing was to start a discussion about the value and power of Apple in the music world and Steve Job’s role in that.
Then again, it seems it doesn’t matter at all what Kyle says, people seem to just look for reasons to complain about him and that’s pathetic.
As Steve said, “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
The provocative nature of that headline is in poor taste. Still, free speech being what it is…journalistic standards diminishing as they have….
All the same, I think the analysis is wrong. Good leaders know how to empower their teams and recruit like minded individuals that drive success, even after the leader has moved on. These kinds of leaders are what make great companies great. I know Steve is the brainchild but I trust he’s recruited the support of other key execs. They would lead the charge and make sure that iTunes continues to grow and produce success for Apple, its customers and the artists.
Kyle is entitled to his opinion. He’s also entitled to copy a provocative headline with out addressing it’s value, accuracy or fairness. However, in my opinion, the all around approach is still wrong. iTunes will continue to grow and evolve and provocative headlines should be addressed for what they are.
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