Scribble and Strum

I can't write much now about the two great Wired articles I read today, so I'll just point you to them. I think you should read these if you care about music and the future of its distribution, or if you're interested in what either of these artists have to say about their experiences with delivering their art.  Especially if you make music, yourself, and want to live by it.

1: David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

Byrne: Are you making money on the download of In Rainbows?

Yorke: In terms of digital income, we've made more money out of this record than out of all the other Radiohead albums put together, forever — in terms of anything on the Net. And that's nuts.

2: David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars

What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not bad news for music, and it's certainly not bad news for musicians.

Yup.

David Byrne, surely an expert, types mightily about the past and possible future of Packaging and Music.

Overheard while in line for coffee:

OLDER WOMAN ON PHONE: "Haha, yes, I was just in the checkout line at Stop & Shop and I saw this one that said 'Mother's Day'. I said to the girl 'Give me one of those'. Yeah, I know! I never play these things, but it said 'Mother's Day', so..."

What a power in that. Skins. The daisies are interesting.