2 January

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2014/09/08/fans-arent-going-pay-music-anymore-thats-ok/ Steve Lukather (net worth about $40 million) was a good recent example of a muso without a clue, complaining about how real quality musicians aren't recognised any more and the world is being overrun by dumb pop. Firstly there were plenty of musos in Steve's heyday who were way more talented than him, who made almost nothing. So nothing has changed there. I'm amazed Lukather made $40 million, given the almost total absence of songwriting talent in Toto. The old business model is mostly kaputt. Journalists have had to deal with the same thing. Libraries too. Taxis. Education. Doctors with Dr Google. Politicians with FB. Music has been a relatively dumb industry for about 100 years, and nothing much has changed.