He's just cranky that it's Decentralized (Score 1)

I think he and others in the mainstream music industry are just cranky because they have less power now that the internet has decentralize the hierarchy of music source. Before your only source as on the radio where everything is playlisted. Ever artist is carefully handpicked to appeal to the majority. Basically, the music industry is upset for their lack of control on what to feed to people. Nowadays, people have so many other sources of finding new music. Bands can easily reach more fans without spending so much money. Music lovers know more about how the album they are buying sounds like. People have more tailored tastes. Things like Last.fm are changing the way people find new music and people are finding music that they actually like... and it's probably not Elton John.