The direction music "industry" is taking...

[St0rMl0rD]

In my country, I've noticed that people are making fun of themselves just to be successful and to be noticed by the media --> make performances to entertain people, where they can be a laughing stock --> earn a lot of money

It's making me very sad, because on the other hand we in Slovenia do not have many good bands to talk about, maybe 2 or 3 bigger ones...But these 3 are really good and have appeared even on MTV..

Here's the link of the latest "group" who want to be successful and are ready to carry the burden of being the laughing stock to the whole country...

http://freeweb.siol.net/sandih20/4our/24769.html

click the small "play" button if you REALLY want to hear what their efforts sound like...

Oh my God..

Peace out,
JJ

[Staccato]

Man, I feel for you.. are they serious?:S

[abhisek]

dude.. i'm from nepal.. i could easily count the number of rock bands in my country in my hands, and i'm not talking about good rock bands..
i feel what you're feeling... these things are not even music, they're just plain hideous self-promotion..
feel happy for yourself that you're not one of them..

rock on!

[Bastardo Demono]

It seems to me like the industry is splitting further and further in to two camps, entertaining musically and entertaining nonmusically. And yet since the times of mozart I think they had been together. More bands whos sole purpose is simply entertainment in non-musical ways, certainly are coming around, look at slipknot. but because of this, this makes the thirst of a band that is just great at entertaining MUSICALLY greater, I think. That part of why dream theater are as big as they are now, in my opinion. More and more people are getting sick of the novelty acts, and want to hear some actual music, so bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, and Porcupine Tree, that are music oriented, and quenching peoples thirst. Even in the 80's, a lot of the crappy pop glam bands had good musicians that could play good solos and write music. But now there are very few popular bands that offer an even amount of both. In a way I think it is good.

[Grey Loki]

Well although i'm sure that's very nice and all that, what relevance does it have to the direction the music industry is taking?

Back on topic, then.

In the UK, 'talented' MAINSTREAM bands/soloists/whatever are all but non-existent. The primary qualification nowadays seems to be that you look good, and have a 'unique' persona, rather than any actual musical ability - Paris Hilton, anyone?

(Ooh, if Liquid Shadow is about, how about I really rile him up and mention....ALICIA KEYS! :O)

I think it's a real shame, as I have seen some extremely talented local bands who just can't get a break, because their emphasis is on music, rather than image.

I really feel like we (and by we, I mean the UK's music industry, since i'm a (small) part of it) really need a 'revival' of sorts, or going 'back to roots', and I don't mean in the way that hip-hop artists or so-called 'beat producers' are sampling old hooks and riffs from the 70s and 80s, and incorporating them into a 'new' song (That disgusting dance cover of Floyd's 'Just Another Brick in the Wall', for example) - i'm talking about full-blown NEW music.

Personally, I would LOVE to see a revival of progrock, to the state it was at at the heydey of superstars like Gentle Giant, Genesis, Yes, and so on.

Of course, anything would be preferable to the 'musical' tosh that we're currently being served.

[tuggy]

I think the music nowadays is nothing but a repacked version of the music of 70s 80s and 90s. Everybody's looking for more money, if you want your band to be succesfull, band members should look good, dress awkward, etc.

I'm reading a book about jazz history. ın the swing era of jazz, music is being produced to entertain people, it was used to make people dance. Then the bebop era came, where musicians started to make art for the art itself. I do think we're at the end of 2nd swing period of music, and i hope some Charlie Parker or Dizzy Gillespie come and save us all.

Happy valentine's day

[Antonio Mazzei]

i'll go for atomik harmonik =) haha!

cheers!