And We Danced – Like a Wave on the Ocean

This:

Others said the explosion of new music — partly driven by digital music production technology and the Internet — has made it easy for bad music to proliferate throughout cyberspace.

“There’s an incredible amount of mediocrity,” said musician/songwriter Eric Bazilian, formerly of the rock group The Hooters.

…has got to be one of the most most ironic things I’ve ever read in my life. The Hooters complaining about the proliferation of bad music. Wow.

At least some of the artists quoted seem to get it. Now if we could just get the labels to die and get out of the way of the artists and their fans all would be right in the world.