Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
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No less than a decade ago, the majority of mainstream music was funneled through a handful of media conglomerates. But now more individuals are listening to more music from a greater variety of sources than at any time in history. Ripped tells the story of how the laptop generation created a new music industry, with fans and bands rather than corporations in charge. In this new world, bands aren’t just musicmakers but self-contained multimedia businesses; and fans aren’t just consumers but distributors and even collaborators. Since this digital revolution hit the music industry, its infiltration into every other form of media has been well documented, if often not well understood. Ripped brilliantly illustrates how, when, and where the changes happened first and leaves us with an understanding of how to move forward. The New York Times - Dana Jennings …the most fascinating part of the book is its retelling of how the big music companies committed capitalist suicide. The executives couldn't get their analog heads around the digital future. If industry leaders had always followed their mistrust of technology, we'd still be listening to music on 78-r.p.m. shellac, or maybe even wax cylinders. Ripped is another case study in American industrial arrogance, an account of companies that couldn't (or wouldn't) learn agility.
Introduction Chaos and Transformation 11 Consolidated to Death 52 Payola Blues 143 Napster vs. Metallica 254 Customers or Criminals? 415 Is Prince Nuts? 586 "Do Not Insult Death Cab" 587 Conor Oberst: "He Was Thirteen and Kicking Our Asses" 878 "Screw the Record Companies, Screw MTV, Just Go Out and Play" 1029 Everyone's a Critic 11210 Arcade Fire: Chocolate Fountains Everywhere 13211 Innovation Out of Necessity 14912 GirlTalk's Illegal Art 16113 Future Shock from Wham City 17314 "George Bush Doesn't Like Black People" 18015 A New Boss, Same as the Old Boss 19216 Steve Jobs and the iPod "Burglary Kit" 20117 "The Feedback Loop of Creativity" 21118 "I Love Picking Fights" 21919 "It's Up to You" 23220 "Steal, Steal, and Steal Some More" 242Afterword 251Acknowledgments 257Index 259
