While celebrating the success of Kittie, one of the first bands signed to Artemis, as well as announcing that the label had recently acquired Todd Rundgren and his Patronet internet service, Goldberg had a look of satisfaction and happiness. With a growing repertoire which includes the aforementioned artists, as well as Bonnie Raitt and others, Goldberg has reason to be so enthusiastic.
Talking about music on the internet, Goldberg made it perfectly clear that he believes it is the wave of the future, and if the major players in the industry don’t wake up and realize this, they are going to be left eating someone else’s dust. His closing remarks seemed to say it all rather concisely:
“I would never presume to tell hardware manufacturers or creators of distribution systems how to conduct their business any more than I would try to fly an airplane. And likewise, I say to the internet world, you will conceal the usual content, and ultimately make room for the serious heartbeat of a poet and the unpredictable emotional love affair a fan has with an artist. Music is driven by youth. I don’t mean people in their twenties. I mean teens and preteens. To thrive in music content, one has to keep a part of himself eternally young. As the song in Peter Pan put it: ‘...it’s not on any chart, you must find it in your heart.’ Or as my kids learned it from Kid Rock: ‘Bawitdaba, the bang the bang bitty. Boogie Boogie said the boogie. And up chuck the boogie!’”
reporting and photo by j bloomrosen
