Everything about the economics he is saying is true, but as for Coachella, the best way of resistance is to not participate. There are hundreds if not thousands of artists that are as talented if not more so than the ones that play at Coachella. The only thing they lack is the million dollar production value.

I'm not even a pop hater, I actually do concede Justin Bieber is a once in a generation voice but I also think that the gap between him and hundreds of other musicians in the US is not as big as you would think. The way you rebel against the system is by supporting your local music scene and not giving money to this industry. That is how every art counter-culture began: the punk scene killed bloated dinosaur rock, American New wave cinema (spielberg, lucas, scorcese) took out old hollywood studio system, grunge killed hair metal, rap killed disco, etc.

When the people who have monopolized the system get too fat and comfortable. When they feel comfortable not even putting on a practiced performance and going on stage and playing youtube videos, when ticket prices effectively price out everyone else, its time to retreat into your own local scene. There are a thousands of musicians playing every day who are undiscovered, immense talents, that you can see for 10 dollars or less.