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Daniel Griffiths

“The majors have prioritised temporary virality over art for too long”: James Blake just mic-dropped a hard-hitting take on the music business

James Blake.

James Blake has taken to social media to dish out some sage advice to aspiring artists while perhaps giving them a perhaps grim peek at the machinations of the music biz and the struggles that almost certainly lie ahead.

Following star status upon the 2011 release of his self-titled debut album, it’s safe to say that Blake has increasingly become something of a stand-offish figure on music’s big-label, Glastonbury-’n’-Brit-award gravy train, choosing to forge his own path and tell it like it is.

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