Lonnie Liston Smith performing "Mysteries of the Blue" on a rooftop above New York City, 1973. Cosmic jazz suspended between the skyline and the sun.
Featuring Reggie Workman, George Barron, Lawrence Killian, and Alan Nelson.
The deepest pockets control the industry these days, the little guys don’t stand a chance against Apple, UMG, the RIAA etc. It’s about the money first, music second.
Back in 2014, I had an exec @ Apple tell me WE were their competition, little us vs a $4B company 😔
The effects have been felt. The music is watered down, bland, vanilla. Hype is gone, rarely exciting.
DJ Screw speaking on how his Chopped and Screwed mixtapes became so popular, people would line up outside of his house to buy personalized tapes [2000] 🔥