Interview at Wired Listening Post

August 21st, 2008

Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired’s Music Blog just posted this interview with me, where I gladly admit I don’t have all the answers. :-)

© 2008 Derek Sivers

6 Responses to “Interview at Wired Listening Post”

  1. Josh Cole wrote on August 21st, 2008

    Great interview I am really enjoying following your ideas right now. I think you’re really onto some things.

    Having recently moved from being independently musical into marketing and advertising (with hopes of always doing music) I am very interested in new ways of doing both.

  2. TJR wrote on August 25th, 2008

    Nice interview man. Can’t wait to see what happens next.

  3. Seamus Anthony wrote on August 27th, 2008

    “learn everything you can about marketing. That’s the biggest challenge in music, now.”

    That is so so true but my question is: If you think about it recording used to be quite hard because you had to razzle up so many bucks just for that. And distribution was incredibly hard unless you got lucky. So does this mean that in fact the New Music industry is easier to navigate by two thirds?

  4. Derek wrote on August 28th, 2008

    > does this mean that in fact the New Music industry is easier to navigate by two thirds?

    I think so, yes!

    I may sound like the grampa talking about how he used to walk 10 miles in the snow to get to school, but I think things used to be a LOT harder!

    The current challenges are more creative than financial or political.

  5. D-O-E wrote on August 29th, 2008

    I’ve been doing music seriously for almost ten years; thought I was just an artist but turns out I’m also a manager, booking agent, promoter, graphic designer, distributor, and the unofficial CEO of a company. Such talents I did not know I had…
    The fact that it’s easier these days to go independent is assuring and great for most artists, but being DIY doesn’t exactly minimize the work. Which is why options like MuckWork are needed. Many musicians realize down the road that, hey we’re not all going to be stars but there are ways to keep doing what you love and getting paid for it. So I think the MuckWork service will go over well, from both sides.
    Great interview Derek, as always you are inspiring and just plain awesome!

  6. Séamus Anthony - words and music » Blog Archive » A Purple Ocean Music Model wrote on September 8th, 2008

    [...] just read this interview and the above quote in particular got me my mind racing. Especially about this: If you are running [...]

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