
Irving Azoff: All For One And One For All
The music industry has never been more powerful and popular and we as an industry have never done a shittier job of rallying together as one industry. We should work together to solve the root of the problem -- fair compensation.
I had one artist who was making $450,000 a year between all of his royalties. Now after the digital revolution, he is down to making $40,000 a year.
How many tens of thousands of people in the music industry have to lose their jobs?"
In a keynote address at the National Music Publishers' Assn. legendary music industry executive Irving Azoff called upon the music industry to work together --- Billboard