By Kate Andries
Drink it in:
Radiohead has long been touted as a revolutionary band. A band that is pushing the music business towards change and evolution. Greg Kot, music critic for the Chicago Tribune, explores Radiohead’s effect on the music landscape in his new book, Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music.
In an excerpt from the book, Kot explains how the unusual marketing and releasing of the band’s most recent album, In Rainbows, has since effected the music business. By letting fans determine how much they wanted to pay for the album, from nothing to the average price of 6 bucks, making the release pretty controversial from a business standpoint.
It’s a difficult evolution to explain here in a simple blog post, but if you’re interested in learning more about the musical landscape and more about Kot’s book, he’ll be speaking at the Borders at 2817 N. Clark St. at 7 pm. Be there or be square.
