a2f2a

Good news? You’re finally in charge of your career. The bad news? That face in the mirror, it’s the only one to blame if things don’t go well.

I find it alarming that people have a problem understanding Cory’s point. For me, there’s nothing in the statement that can be argued with, as it is rooted in the very fundamentals…

… or get out of the way. Words of wisdom from Dave Allen.

“To blame piracy for the decline of music revenues — or to single out pirates as the main source of income — overlooks that complexity, and merely provides a PR sideshow to the main story …”

Billy is very a rare person and quite honestly, I doubt if you will be able to persuade more than a handful of other musicians to involve themselves in this kind of debate … They are out there but this will be like herding cats …

‘We need a break, a calm down period, otherwise we’ll lose the chance at achieving the goal of a2f2a. Pretty much only Billy Bragg is responding to Crosbie/Dredd/Bill/Bjoern/Jon Barron/etc …’

a2f2a became a reality only a month ago, but already it’s packed with input! That’s great, but that means we need to gain an overall perspective of the ideas, and to find the common ground

“It’s like if you light your candle using someone else’s candle and they sue you for stealing their flame.”

… whether I can make it commercially viable in a career-sense is MY responsibility.