Ourselves, Online: A Musician's Quest For A New Business Model In The Age Of Networks
with Pat Kane
Date: Friday, 27th of June, 2008
Where: The Lighthouse
Cost: £25 (lunch included in price)
Seminar Synopsis
The music business is in meltdown - and professional musicians are having to re-assess everything about how they sustain their livelihoods. If people simply won't pay £15 for a CD from the high street, what will they pay for? Recorded music is tending towards being ubiquitous and free(ish), but live music is tending towards high prices for a unique experience. In the face of these trends, how can the power of the internet - particularly broadband and social networks - be used to forge a new connection, both cultural and commercial, between musicians and their audience? With a new self-financed Hue And Cry album in his USB, Pat Kane set out on a journey with his brother Greg to find a new way to being 'Ourselves, Online'. This seminar tells the story of that journey, which might (or might not) end up happily ever after...
Biography:
Pat Kane is a writer, musician, activist and consultant. He is author of the The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living (Macmillan, 2004), and is one half of the Scottish band Hue and Cry (www.hueandcry.co.uk). Pat writes regularly for the Independent, the Guardian and the Sunday Herald, and runs blogs on play and Scottish affairs (www.theplayethic.typepad.com, www.scottishfutures.net).
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