For anyone who has downloaded music, whether or not you frequent RCRD LBL or get the mp3 of the day e-mail blast, the site’s founder, Elliot Aronow, is leading the pack to a place where fans and labels can both benefit from an authentic and ruthlessly curated selection of music. The precocious Aronow chatted with Anthem magazine about the start of the site, how it functions, its role on the web, and a great deal about how acts typically grow. As a longtime believer in RCRD LBL, I see Aronow as a music connoisseur channeling his passion into a career and boldly challenging the old model with an almost transparent bridge between fans and artists. Maybe you think that’s what Myspace was all about, but discovering new tunes on Myspace is about as fruitful as finding a needle in haystack, …
Earlier this week, we posted a open letter from DJ Shadow that effectively told off all downloaders. Obviously, this cause quite a stir for fans and foes of the “37-YEAR OLD TECHNOPHOBE.” You can spend several hours contemplating the eight pages of comments on DJShadow.com, or check out this one summary sent via a mass e-mail from Ghostly International artists Adrian Michna:
maybe some of you have seen this, maybe some have not. but i love it.
dj shadow shows that in 2010 he is the bitter old man yelling “get off my lawn”:



























Leave A Comment!