Bowie may have been an outsider, but consider that your exact feelings are social, those feelings of belonging and connection to an icon.<p>The music industry is just as adept at monetizing those feelings as they are of monetizing teen-age angst or adolescent her-worship of boy bands.<p>My point being, that while Bowie and many others can stand outside of the industry, I don’t believe the basic dynamics are going to change. Radio may go away. Physical media may go away. Apple may disrupt the labels.<p>Bt I believe that massive marketing machines will continue to slice and dice the market for music and continue to dominate people’s choices.<p>Remember, you only heard of Bowie because he played the game.