Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Does the digital age mean the end of the liner note on albums?

"It’s a bit early to pronounce the death-due-to-downloading of the liner note, but the situation is critical. So warns Rob Bowman, ethnomusicologist, professor of music at York University, and a Grammy-winning (and multiple-nominee) writer of album notes. Five or six years ago, he worked on about 20 projects a year. Last year, he was down to four."

For the full story, please see Globe and Mail.

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