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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
The days of great creative music are gone. Today it's no longer cost effective to produce new albums that might take 6-12 months to create. Tommy, The Wall, Beggars Banquet, Disraeli Gears, Sgt. Pepper's, Are you Experienced, Highway 61 Revisited, Dark Side of the Moon, London Calling, Who's Next, Electric Ladyland, Better still read em and weep. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Mr_133...s_of_all_time/
Todays music is churned out fast, has to be easily disposed of and if possible can be reproduced on a stage.
Would it still be like that if the Internet didn't exist? Yes, not as great as those days. Still good. Because the Internet wouldn't be giving it away for free or so cut price it's simply a conveyor belt business.
Would it still be like that if the Internet piracy didn't exist? Yes, not as great as those days. Still good. Because the Internet wouldn't be giving it away for free or so cut price it's simply a conveyor belt business.
Separating piracy from free is a red herring for pornsters. We give our product away for free. And eliminating piracy will have little effect on 90% of sites. The music industry would see a huge boost in revenue. |
There are still bands that write and record good albums. The industry itself has changed and because of that the labels want success from bands right away. Gone are the days when they will develop acts. It used to be that they would let an artist record an album then put it out and tour to support it. The label expected that it might take a few albums for a good band to build up a fan base so they had patience with them. Now if the album doesn't hit right away they dump the artists.
Many of these bands that get dumped end up signing with smaller indie record labels. They are out there, they are just harder to find.