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Originally Posted by roly
people that make music, don't do it initially to make money, they do it becuase they love it, and if later they're good enough to make a living from it then lucky them. but using the same example as the article, of course there would have still been the beatles and dylan if piracy existed in the 60's.
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Yeah we do it because we love it when we're teenagers. But once you get out and start playing...you WANT to make money.
Money, fortune and fame and lots of pussy. They all go hand in hand synergistic-ally.
And yes, piracy has destroyed the music industry. And yes, it's all interconnected. Clubs no longer hire bands like they did when I played 7 nights a week every week across the country and made damn good money playing rock.
Once the money is gone...everything else follows. Without money there are no new bands able to stay together long enough to get good. And the reason that the bands today can't play their way out of a paper bag is because they just don't have the experience playing that we had.
Believe me...when you play 5 45 minute sets 7 nights a week every week and travel from town to town doing it...you get real good.
These new bands don't have a clue on how to entertain audiences. And practicing in mommy and daddies basement does not give you the chops you get playing live.
People don't buy CD's now, the music industry is dead, new people turning 21 have never heard a good new band because the music industry isn't there to make it happen, so they go to clubs and listen to DJ's because they don't even understand the excitement of a good live rock band in a club, therefore they don't buy CD's...and the circle is complete.