Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Interesting Interview By Phonte

The following is just a snippet of an interview I was reading with 12FTDWENDE (writer D. Scott) and Phonte Coleman on Nicolay Music... Thought it was interesting what Phonte said. And the funny thing about it, IT'S TRUE...


(D. Scott asks about some new moves or motives that artists are really going to have to commit to in order to survive in this changing terrain (music wise).

Phonte: ...The biggest thing that we're fighting for now, we ain't really fighting for people's dollars, you're fighting for people's time and attention. Every time somebody open up they Internet Explorer...well, I hope they ain't using Internet Explorer....

D. Scott: *Laughs* Yuh!

Phonte: But every time they open up their internet, they're getting bombarded with Youtube links, "Check Out My Free Mixtape," check out this, check out that, so when you do finally garner people's attention and you garner their good will, you gotta do everything you can to hold on to it and the only way you can hold on to it is by constantly keeping them in mind and thinking like a fan...

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