Why not? The film incentives worked pretty well for the movies here in Michigan, so why not apply a few to the music industry, too. WNYC's Soundcheck, a program about all things music, talk with two local reporters to discuss the details of these incentives. Oh, and by the way, you can listen to Soundcheck on WDET Monday through Friday starting at 2 p.m. A little bit of knowledge: This show isn't syndicated by NPR. WDET is the ONLY station outside of New York carrying the show. So kudos to them for bringing us a great lineup.
Excerpt from the Soundcheck web site:
Long battered by business closings and abandonment, Detroit has also
become a laboratory for artistic entrepreneurship. Some local musicians
are hoping to take advantage of huge new tax breaks for recording
artists and restore some of the city's faded Motown glory. Meanwhile,
urban planners are hoping to replicate the "Bilboa Effect" - the idea
that an investment in the arts can transform the fortunes of a city.
Today, a look at Detroit's cultural fortunes with
Mark Stryker,
the arts reporter and music critic of the Detroit Free Press;
Andras Szanto,
a cultural consultant with AEA Consulting; and
Katherine Yung,
a reporter with the Detroit Free Press.
Listen to the interview
here.
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