I’m working on a article for the American Arts community that highlights, among other factors, the need for more cross sectoral collaboration. The arts advocacy infrastructure needs to reach across to the music advocacy groups and the design advocacy groups for example. I hope someone will pick up on the idea.
Out in LA Tommy Silverman, founder of the Tommy Boy Records, touches on some of the reasons why these industries need to work together more often. He says its not only the movie industry but its everyone.
“Not just the movie industry, but the book publishing business, the magazine and newspaper businesses, all the creative industries can learn what not to do. Whenever you have consolidation, you do that for more economies of scale and leverage in making deals. But when you start losing control, like with the web, you lose some of the benefits. You can’t hold films or records back anymore because the internet has made everything available as soon as it’s available. We have to learn to make money, and that’s moved from a control model to a collaborative world.”
This is music to my ears.
via 6 Questions With New Music Seminar Founder Tom Silverman – The Hollywood Reporter.
