Has anyone seen this documentary? I believe it’s showing in Edinburgh now.

http://www.beforethemusicdies.com

With outstanding musical performances and revealing interviews, Before the Music Dies takes a critical and comedic look at the faceless machinery of the American music industry and the increasingly bland mediocrity it produces.

Throughout the documentary, talents such as Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, and Questlove join industry commentators and the fans themselves to creatively “pull back the curtain” and expose the sad truth behind today’s music stars.

“The reality is that superficiality is in,” says Marsalis. “And depth and quality is kind of out.”

In their quest for “real” American music, filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled thousands of miles to uncover mega-talents without major labels, including one artist Eric Clapton proclaims as “the real thing.”

In addition to interviewing artists, the filmmakers asked writers and critics from Indie 911, CNN, USA Today, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR and others why radio stations always play the same few songs over and over again, why major labels no longer allow musicians to develop their career over time, why local radio stations don’t feel so local anymore, and so much more.

Before the Music Dies features incredible, never-before-seen performances by many of the artists featured in the film, including Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, Calexico, Branford Marsalis, Eric Clapton, Blaze, Guy Forsyth, and Correo Aereo.

looks like an interesting documentary,discussing the exact same topic that WE always talk about in this forum

I can't believe I missed seeing it by a couple of weeks. Hopefully it will be on DVD soon.

This looks good. Shows how appropriae the term music Industry really is.

McDonald's will always obliterate the cafe or bistro. People want quick, accessible, filling calories. Problem is, they're usually empty calories.

The same applies to music.

A poster named Ginnie started a thread on this back in June...

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/193784

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tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

I'm sorry I missed the threa (I didn't know whether to put it in GD either). Maybe I would have caught the movie in time. So far I haven't come across anyone who's seen it.