I - Toons
by Charlie Tims
The resurgence of cities in the last ten years, the falling price of technology and the twin forces of the internet and digitisation of music are doing crazy things to the music world. Take The Arctic Monkeys for example. This article in The Guardian explains how, with only one limited edition 7' under their belt, they recently rocked up in London to play in-front of 2,000 people at the Astoria. Earlier this year we wrote a report for the NewcastleGateshead Initiative looking at some of the changes in the ways music is being made and experienced in cities. It will be launched this week. You can read more about it here, and download the whole thing here. More to follow later...