Fan Artists

Ian Rogers On The New Music Business Equation — At the recent Grammy Northwest Music Tech Summit Topspin Media's Ian Rogers' keynote took the audience through territory familiar to Hypebot readers: 1) for most artists the old model is dead; get over it. 2) in a fractured media landscape the definition of what a hit is and how to have one have changed 3) the relationship between the artist and fan is what really matters 4) a new musical middle class is emerging.But Roger's presented it all better than I've ever seen...anywhere...including on Hypebot. A few of my favorite lines: "The physics of the media space have changed and... [Tags: audience, business equation, chuck d, conversations, fan artists]