October 3, 2004

Hitmakers, The Nonesuch Way

NY Times Magazine's Russell Shorto explains how Nonesuch Records became the label for a moment when new music is hard to label.

Posted at 11:38 AM

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I love Jeff Tweedy, but he looks just like a Neanderthal.

P.S. Don't tell him I said that...

Posted by: Rachel at 10/04/04 2:00 AM | Reply
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I love Emmylou Harris, and it breaks my heart that she's cavorting with Conor Oberst.

Posted by: Paul at 10/04/04 2:13 AM | Reply
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Great article, great artists, but Nonesuch is false hope for the industry.

"The fact is, the people in these meetings, the people who run the music business, are in their 30's, 40's and 50's," he said. "Their job is to make music for kids. But I'm making music for the other people in the room."

Old people don't download at the same rate as young people, they haven't adopted the same computer based tools like young people and are more likely to thing downloading is wrong.

I respect them for taking risks on "uncommercial artists" but the only reason they sell cds is because they make music that is generally for old people who are more likely to buy a cd than younger people.

Posted by: gorilla at 10/04/04 10:41 AM | Reply
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ah! second guy (standing) on the left is my good friend kate's dad (bob hurwitz), who owns the label. freaky. in high school she gave me a copy of YHF with a BLUE sleeve, very rare.

Posted by: jenna at 10/04/04 12:06 PM | Reply
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um, when yhf came out it was available with the tan sleeve, a white sleeve, and the blue sleeve. none of them were limited edition.

Posted by: kyle at 10/04/04 12:18 PM | Reply
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Oh, snap, Jenna! You got served!

Posted by: Jenna Got Served at 10/04/04 4:28 PM | Reply
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Gee, I'm thirty-six years old. I download music all the time. However, I pay for it usually. I applaud these people for making real music. If you have to be "old" to appreciate all kinds of music, not just what is being marketed as "cool", then I will gladly take the title.

Posted by: Fully at 10/05/04 11:25 AM | Reply
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in all honesty, nonesuch is really my favorite label. they historically have had a lot of cutting edge music. they were one of the first to put out field recordings from africa and bali. and now have bill frisell, kronos quartet, michael gordon and a bunch of older stuff that is out of print now unfortuately. i dream of having a contract with them someday. of course, i should probably read the article too. but they are awsome. just for the record.

Posted by: rama at 10/05/04 1:08 PM | Reply
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