Steve Lukather on the industry

[petejt]

i love luke's playing and legacy but he comes across in a way that suggests he feels entitled to live rich and rock lifestyled out forever based on past merits and now that he can't rake it in like before it's the world's fault.

i look at it like he should feel lucky he had a massive career and made serious money when he did.
before the napster paradigm shift turned rock stars from LP selling castle owners to merch peddlers.

i do think entertainers have a hard time letting go when their time has passed ( care for more oxy with that weekly nip and tuck?)
and it's not as if luke's time has definitely passed or that he isn't capable of being relevant. he is massively gifted.

he may just have to become more entrepreneurial and creative.

That might have partly rubbed off on him from Bob Bradshaw..........*scuttles out*

 

[Shiny_Surface]

Some truth in his comments imo. Fans today have a lot more entertainment options competing for their attention than just music alone.

Usually music is stacked with another form of entertainment/media or as mentioned multitasked while they are doing something else.

Also imo the "music industry" is an aberration of 20th century technology in which it rose to prominence. In the long term this period of time will be considered a blip and a mere footnote in the musical history of humanity.

He should try to embrace/adapt/make any sort of opportunity out of it that he can imo.