Looking for a 2000's era quote about the internet's effect on work
April 7, 2023 12:24 PM   Subscribe

It went something like "if you want to know what the internet will do to your profession look at what it's doing to musicians already." Anyone remember this? Thanks!
posted by PikeMatchbox to Computers & Internet (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: "Whatever happens to musicians happens to everybody" is one of Bruce Sterling's catchphrases. Might have first come up publicly in this SXSW speech.
posted by implied_otter at 1:46 PM on April 7, 2023 [5 favorites]


Response by poster: fantastic! i had a feeling it wasn't rare and I was just misremembering. Thank you!
posted by PikeMatchbox at 3:15 PM on April 7, 2023


If you’re interested in digging into that idea (that the music industry acts as a canary in the coal mine for economic/social change), check out the book Noise: The Political Economy of Music
posted by threecheesetrees at 5:37 PM on April 8, 2023


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