RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

If you went to the Sound Opinions thing last night, you heard a lot of 
talk about 1000 true fans. You probably didn't hear anything about Kevin 
Kelly, the guy who proposed the idea & has written a lot about it. If 
you want to read more, here's his original essay:

http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php

If you *didn't* go to the thing last night, they spent a lot of time 
talking about new models for artists to survive (it was the "Future of 
Musicians" more than the "Future of Music"), and the one they kept 
hammering on was the notion that one can make a solid middle-class 
living by providing different levels of value to different types of fan, 
and by focusing on your 1000 hardcore fans & giving them extra value.

The thing last night was kind of a mish-mash, but Kevin's essay is much 
clearer & well worth reading.

Ross