The other day, on Tim Shey's site, I read that Radiohead was self-releasing their new album... and on top of this, they were implementing a "pay what you want" for people to download their album. Two ideas that record labels should be pooping their pants over :)

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Then today, on Shouting Mat.ch, I read this:

"If two of the biggest acts in the industry can see the digital writing on the wall and totally embrace it—that the old way of doing business is broken—why can't the labels? What Radiohead and NIN are showing is that the business model 'of the future' feared by entrenched interests isn't arriving some time in the horizon. It's touching down now."

This puts a smile on my face - there is a sea change in the music industry... it is saying: we don't need you anymore.