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Into The Music
The hologram question is one I find genuinely difficult, and I’ve thought about it a lot since the Tupac moment years ago that everyone still argues about. There’s a version of this where it’s a loving tribute that brings real comfort to fans and family. There’s another version where it’s a revenue mechanism that treats a deceased artist’s image as an asset to be monetized indefinitely. The fact that Fort Campbell is a military installation adds another layer , whose permission was sought here, and whose interests does this serve?
Wait so they actually booked a HOLOGRAM?? I knew this was becoming a thing but Charlie Daniels at Fort Campbell is wild to picture. I only know “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” but even I feel a little weird about this , like is it actually him or just… a projection pretending to be him? Where do you draw the line? I’m genuinely asking, I don’t know how to feel ðŸ˜
Dead artists as live bookings. The ethics are a mess and everyone knows it.