Rent-a-Tune?

Could music row be moving out of the 1950s and into the digital age? Music Row (the heart of the music industry here in Nashville) congregated here at Belmont University yesterday to here about the this month’s version of the future of the music industry. There are some facinating developments in the wings, such as rent-a-tune subscription services. But, change in the entertainment industry is a likely to increase and some of the incremental adaptations tried so far just don’t seem to be making it witht customers. Most of the giants in the industry are looking for a static, one-time fix to make all of the change go away. These are fast times in music, best suited for entrepreneurial thinking and action.
This article from today’s Tennessean has a detailed overview of what Music Row executives heard. Are they listening?