No rules exist for next millenium 'soundtrack' by Arkady Zmarzly guest columnist Solving the world s problems is not my business. Writing newspaper articles is not my business. My business is songwriting. It is rather frightening to realize that writing songs is an actual business with lawyers and paychecks all its own. I have never received one of those paychecks, but I m working on it.
Music is the perfect industry.
But there is no better word for the business of music. Everyone with a pair of ears is a potential customer. The people who control what you listen to know this very well. This is not a rant about the tyranny of the music business, but the way the business is organized makes some music heard more than other music. That is the way it is, and that is the way it will be in the future.