A novel take on a hot topic!

[Perfect Stranger]

This writer has a novel take on the music biz....

http://rocknerd.co.uk/2013/09/13/culture-is-not-about-aesthetics-punk-rock-is-now-enforced-by-law/

[Retro Hound]

I've thought about similar things back in the 1980s. In the past, every town, village, tribe, etc. had musicians, storytellers, songwriters, etc., so there had to be more talent than just what was on records. Of course that was back when I was scouring hard-to-find alternative acts.