In 1993, he published a widely shared essay "The Problem with Music" in The Baffler. Albini argued that record companies exploit artists and illustrated how bands can remain in debt even after selling hundreds of thousands of albums.
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Nov 5, 2024 · Read Steve Albini's essay “The Problem With Music”, he wrote it a couple of decades ago but it's still the most accurate take on the music industry available.
5 days ago · Albini wrote his 'The problem with music' article 30 years ago. True then, true now.
4 days ago · You may have heard, Steve Albini died. Age 62, heart attack. Worth reading in memorial: his excellent 1993 rant about the music "industry".
4 days ago · My tastes are kind of trashy. The music I like is ugly, music I listen to for invigoration, the music that animates me and excites me – a lot of it is awful, ...
Nov 24, 2024 · ” Albini would become an outspoken voice against the commercial record industry, his writings regarding “The Problem with Music” bashing the ...
Nov 22, 2024 · here, he discusses why he felt that people breaking out video (and audio) recording devices at concerts perverts the experience, which is maybe an outdated ...
Nov 21, 2024 · ... music was Albini's 1993 essay “The Problem With Music” for the Baffler, in which he laid out finances, empty promises, unnecessary flourishes. By ...
Nov 14, 2024 · However, Steve Albini adamantly refused to redo the mixing work , so Geffen hired REM producer Scott Ritt to remix several songs without Nirvana's consent.
Nov 15, 2024 · The last of these records had an outsize influence on Albini's legend after he insisted on a flat fee of $100,000 rather than taking a percentage of the ...
