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Thread started 10/06/02 9:03am

IceNine

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The state of music today - or - corporate music sucks

Okay, here we go again:

I cannot stand the fact that a TON of "rock" bands have fucking "djs" scratching records, making a cacophonious sound like cats fucking on an electric fence. The "djs" in rock bands serve absolutely no purpose, as there is a band that is playing music... all they do is stand there to give the band some kind of popular image.

I cannot stomach the fact that the fucking corporate "music" industry is shamelessly chasing trends at the expense of creativity and originality. How many Backstreet Boys, N-sync, Brittney Spears, 98 Degrees, etc. do we really need?

Too many shitty videos are produced to push the mindless crap that passes as music today. Do we really need to see a bunch of boy bands dancing around on television, or Brittney Spears running around?

Why can't videos be artistic?

Can Prince please, please save us?

THE CORPORATE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS RUINING MUSIC

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[This message was edited Sun Oct 6 9:20:18 PDT 2002 by IceNine]
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Reply #1 posted 10/06/02 9:31am

SkletonKee

uhhh...icenine, icenine baby? vanilla icenine baby? wink



seriously though...did you drudge of this essay from last year? cause the teen scene has died...thank the lord for that...


oh, i almost forgot:


WRONG FORUM!!!


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Reply #2 posted 10/06/02 9:32am

SkletonKee

IceNine said:


Can Prince please, please save us?




wait a minute...you didnt write this post...who are you trying to make fun of? who posted this that you are making fun of now? tell papi!!
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Reply #3 posted 10/06/02 9:35am

IceNine

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SkletonKee said:

IceNine said:


Can Prince please, please save us?




wait a minute...you didnt write this post...who are you trying to make fun of? who posted this that you are making fun of now? tell papi!!


Oh... I wrote it... biggrin

So... I am glad to hear that boy bands/Britney type acts are dying!!! I don't watch videos, so I don't see what is popular... I just remember that crap being popular... what shit it is.

AND

I think that Prince COULD pull his head out of his ass and produce something original... he is capable, but unwilling.

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Reply #4 posted 10/06/02 10:49am

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Maybe if, TRC got more airplay, and better Marketing. It would have done the trick. TRC was very 'original'. Yet I don't think Prince's goals for TRC, were to break into the bedrooms of teens, whom love NSYNC and Slackstreet, I mean BackStreet confuse

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Reply #6 posted 10/06/02 8:41pm

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IceNine said:

Okay, here we go again:

I cannot stand the fact that a TON of "rock" bands have fucking "djs" scratching records, making a cacophonious sound like cats fucking on an electric fence. The "djs" in rock bands serve absolutely no purpose, as there is a band that is playing music... all they do is stand there to give the band some kind of popular image.

I cannot stomach the fact that the fucking corporate "music" industry is shamelessly chasing trends at the expense of creativity and originality. How many Backstreet Boys, N-sync, Brittney Spears, 98 Degrees, etc. do we really need?

Too many shitty videos are produced to push the mindless crap that passes as music today. Do we really need to see a bunch of boy bands dancing around on television, or Brittney Spears running around?

Why can't videos be artistic?

Can Prince please, please save us?

THE CORPORATE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS RUINING MUSIC

The reason they've got DJs is because they want to appeal to the biggest demographic as possible and they succeed. Fake angst, DJ's and skateboards is all you need these days. Thing is their fan base often consists of kids who will simply abandon them in a couple of years and they offer no longevity which is why the music industry is in the state it is. Any grown adult doesn't listen to this kinda "rock" music do they?

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[This message was edited Sun Oct 6 9:20:18 PDT 2002 by IceNine]
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Reply #7 posted 10/06/02 9:24pm

mistermaxxx

it's always been a Business but back in the day at least a Artist had a chance to develop&find themselves.Clonning is far more in style&that is why you can't decide if you like a Act or not fully?
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Reply #8 posted 10/07/02 5:04am

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mistermaxxx said:

it's always been a Business but back in the day at least a Artist had a chance to develop&find themselves.Clonning is far more in style&that is why you can't decide if you like a Act or not fully?


Isn't is just fucking sad how the music industry is going to complete hell?

How many bands that are considered classic would even be given the chance for more than one album today? The first record comes out, doesn't do huge numbers... the label drops them, learns from their mistake and never signs a band like them again... signs 1,982nd rap/metal band, complete with dj, skateboards and angry faces.

It is a sad state of affairs.
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Reply #9 posted 10/07/02 9:57am

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clueless ?

Go out and see live music. headbang

Buy the cd from band's vendor table.
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Reply #10 posted 10/07/02 11:50am

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How many bands that are considered classic would even be given the chance for more than one album today? The first record comes out, doesn't do huge numbers... the label drops them, learns from their mistake and never signs a band like them again... signs 1,982nd rap/metal band, complete with dj, skateboards and angry faces.

It is a sad state of affairs.[/quote]

very true. but who can save us from this monotonous gait?
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Reply #11 posted 10/07/02 1:05pm

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What can save us? It's all this nit picking and creations of sub-genres. Everything created under a major label is done with MARKETING in mind. Not reaching out to as many people as possible, but reaching out to as many people in a single market as possible. It's laziness. They box acts up into labels and genres just so they know how to promote them. If it fails first time, they give up since very few people at the top in the industry know or care about music or developing acts.
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Reply #12 posted 10/08/02 1:27pm

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Ellie said:

very few people at the top in the industry know or care about music or developing acts.

"...seems that downloading has forced (major labels) into having to pay close attention to building true artists again..."
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Reply #13 posted 10/08/02 8:18pm

LadyQ

The only way you guys are gonna get any satisfaction is to turn off the television and go out and see the real bands. There are some great indie bands out there doing it and they probably will never get signed, and many don't want to. They do whatever the hell they want and how they want it. Go over to www.cdbaby.com and check out some music in the genre of your choice as well as www.cdstreet.com. These are indie distributors and I've found some great music over there, just randomly listening, especially by way of funk and rock.

To hell with mainstream music. The only way the industry will change is if we boycott them by turning off the radio and buying CDs sold by indie bands. At shows these guys will sell you their CDs for $10 or less.

LQ
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Reply #14 posted 10/09/02 12:18pm

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Some would say that Prince is corporate rock.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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