In regards to yesterday’s post, although superficially there are similarities, it might rather be coincidences. St Vincent and her guitar theatrics, Anna Calvi and her guitar explosions, both of them recording with David Byrne, both of fine voice but actually rather different, different sides of the pond, different, except that they add a certain artistic […]
In this fascinating debate about streaming and how musicians are going to get paid, two stalwarts of adventurous music have two opposite opinions. In Talking Heads, Byrne became extremely successful with the old model, Allen is involved in another area working with digital technology. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/16/why-david-byrne-wrong-spotify-thom-yorke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(producer/bassist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(band)