How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock

Not long ago, the idea of selling a song for a commercial would have been seen as career suicide. Now, thanks to the music industry’s implosion and the rise of a new generation of artist-friendly ad execs, bands can barely survive without doing so.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Nov 10, 2013
Length: 16 minutes (4,200 words)
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