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INTERVIEW: Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy/NMS Founder
Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, and more. [...]
Anti-P2P = Denying Reality Now
When it comes to music, value is in the ear of the listener. Value is always decided by the market. It’s a fundamental economics principle that Universal Music Group and the RIAA can’t seem to grasp—at least based on their latest propaganda initiative against music piracy in the US called Music Rights Now, which would be more appropriately named Denying Reality Now. Do they think they can change human nature?
