You won’t have to convince your record company that the album you want to make using nose flutes is going to sell enough copies to make it worthwhile. You can just put it on the Internet, and if anybody likes it, they can upload their credit card number or whatever and then just download the album.
Predictor: Jones, John Paul
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The New York Times, Neil Strauss covers the future of recorded music, quoting John Paul Jones, former Led Zeppelin bassist. Strauss writes: ”Already, even established artists who have no problem finding a major label to work for are considering the possibility [of marketing themselve on the network]. ‘The Internet as a music provider would be great,’ said John Paul Jones, the former Led Zeppelin bassist and keyboardist who has become an online addict. ‘You won’t have to convince your record company that the album you want to make using nose flutes is going to sell enough copies to make it worthwhile. You can just put it on the Internet, and if anybody likes it, they can upload their credit card number or whatever and then just download the album.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Music
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Records of the Future: At Your Fingertips
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=026ec071862bc0c693159432b586268b&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=372dda92b5d07a2763adb86480c1cd9f
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