Will.i.am has spoken out against Apple’s domination of the digital music world through their online iTunes store, but claims that computers are very important for the future of music.
The rapper gave a speech at the Grammy Foundation’s annual Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon in Los Angeles, in which he declared that computers and the internet were there to help, not hurt the music industry.
“Believe me, I love Apple… but iTunes shouldn’t be the answer,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “It should be the scariest thing in the world [for musicians].”
The Black Eyed Peas frontman was recently named Director of Innovation at Intel, and is widely known for being an early adopter of new technology.
“Teaming up with the scientists and researchers and computer programmers at Intel to collaborate and co-develop new ways to communicate, create, inform, and entertain is going to be amazing,” he said of his upcoming work with the computer company.
Will.i.am also claimed that we should be encouraging children while they are young to expand their knowledge of computers and technology, so that they can help to develop the industry in the future.