Why is D&D like the music business?

[coffee]

I don't know if it is, but it sounds like it.

Take a look at what John Mellencamp says here:

www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mellencamp/on-my-mind-the-state-of-t_b_177836.html

What he has to say about the music industry sounds a lot like what has happened with D&D, going from hobbyists doing their own thing to a corporate culture pushing things down on us from above.

Or, maybe I'm just crazy.

[chgowiz]

Mar 24, 2009 0:35:48 GMT -6 coffee said:

Or, maybe I'm just crazy.

Interesting article. I took away that same feeling of "things change, things stay the same, but there's places to make changes." - Same in our niche.

And James Maliszewski did say there were some crazy people in this hobby... ;D ;D ;D

[ragnorakk]

I just blogged about similar things the other day, but less a culture/industry thing.
Funny.
But I think there are a lot of similarities (PDF/print-on-demand being like cassette labels and fanzines and such)
What would D&D have been like if they had an interweb like this one back in '74?

[codeman123]

Being a musician myself i find this very true. Especially being of an old school thought in playing music (and gaming). But i find this true for all art forms ,are very culture itself is being crushed by this crap even down to are humble games of d&d all the way to big movies and music. I am absolutely against it in every way! I think in every form of culture be it d&d or down to what records we buy we need to take a stand and not put up with this "mediocre at best" crap these corps. keeping pushing down are throats. Fight On!!

sorry that almost turned into a rant..