Quick Interview with Adam Shore - General Manager, Vice Label

Indie labels the new establishment? The right to personal vice key to People Power? Maybe.. check out these answers to my questions from Adam Shore, General Manager of Vice Label…

risa dickens: what are you most worried about these days?
adam shore:The status quo.

rd: what are you most looking forward to?
as: Boredoms - 77 DRUM. Eye from the Boredoms leading 77 drummers in Brooklyn Bridge Park on 7/7/07. Literally a once-in-a-lifetime event.

rd: what do you think about intellectual property, and alternative licenses for music like creative commons non-commercial?
as: It’s an excellent idea for consenting adults.

rd: how were you raised?
as:Typical suburban upbringing: MTV, Rolling Stone, record stores, pot.

rd: what do you think of the merlin/myspace deal?
as: As the majors continue their decline, indie labels will be the new establishment. It’s important right now, when the new rules are being written, that they are heard. Merlin can be a great part of that.

rd: what is the future of music, do you think?
as: Jenny Toomey’s second best project ever, after Tsunami.

rd: do you actively hate anything? if so what, if not, why not.
as: Indie music catholicism, and god rock.

rd: what advice would you give independent artists - musicians but also publishers, fashion designers, illustrators, filmmakers etc?
as:Collaborate.

rd: do you think “big government” could work if there were no vice laws? what would happen without them?
as: Power to the people!