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Originally Posted by kane
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.
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Good albums yes. Great ones to the quantity of before?
The Beatles had been playing for years before they released a single. This was normal then. Today it's a much faster climb and with little honed skills a very faster decline. The Beatles had been together how long before they produced Sgt Peppers? Same as so many great albums. Today they don't last that long a lot of the time.