{"id":7586,"date":"2008-12-16T16:02:39","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T00:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2008-12-16T16:02:39","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T00:02:39","slug":"bloggers-should-take-lessons-from-rock-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7586","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers Should Take Lessons From Rock Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a thought-provoking piece from the Columbia Journalism Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n

He takes the stage clad in a black turtleneck. his famous line is, “Green is the new red, white, and blue.” Tonight, and other nights, he is paid tens of thousands of dollars to perform. He spent a year touring America, adding China for good measure. When he returns home, he lands in an 11,400-square-foot house.<\/p>\n

He’s not a rock star, although his life resembles that of one. He is Thomas Friedman, author, newspaperman, star commenter. His ascent is part and parcel of a period in which newspapers may train even their lowliest reporters for media appearances. Journalists these days grin under pancake make-up, speak in emphatic and punchy sentences, and videotape themselves for YouTube. In short, they sometimes succeed when they tear a page from performers’ scripts.<\/p>\n

It got me thinking: Could one ailing media industry—music—teach another ailing media industry—journalism—a thing or two about survival?<\/p>\n

I think the most resourceful strategies of musicians can help us. The first thing that writers might copy from musicians—even more than they do already—could be called the Free Culture Method.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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