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The record companies are on their last leg because digital music is all the rage. But there are so many MILLIONS of bands, it's hard to scratch the surface anymore. That's before the economy went tits up.

What are YOUR thoughts?*

MAJOR MIND wrote:The record companies are on their last leg because digital music is all the rage. But there are so many MILLIONS of bands, it's hard to scratch the surface anymore. That's before the economy went tits up.

What are YOUR thoughts?*

Its a Macho Competition... The reason record Companies are dying is because they've sold out any effort to support real musical talent, in exchange for high end Technical talent. I'm Sorry, but even the best shredder in the world aint necessarily a real musician by my standards. They are a highly skilled Dog & Pony show, great for parties and clubs...

What else you wanna know?

As long as three or four or five buddies blast out three chords in a garage somewhere Rock N Roll will live on.

I guess in the end it depends on what you consider successful, is it making noise in the garage, is it making noise in a club, is it making noise on the airwaves, is it makeing noise in the arenas.

I think a depressed economy actually makes better more street level music come out, the real blood and guts hanging on the edge of you seat rock n roll.

No it aint dead yet!

Major dude I like the music on your player, good job, and keep on rockin!

do your art for self -fullfillment & play every gig like its your last f- the market place

My wife told me that despsite a pretty solid track record I am in error to refer to myself as a musisican / song writer since I'm not currently working with a band at paying venues.

Sigh...whatever.

Yet if the whole world and all the people in it disappeared overnight and all that was left was me and my little rehearsal studio, I'd have to keep doing it. My point being that creating music is not something one does based upon the economy. It is simple who we are.

Talbot

dont let that out theyll want us to play for nothing

jw123 wrote:As long as three or four or five buddies blast out three chords in a garage somewhere Rock N Roll will live on.

I guess in the end it depends on what you consider successful, is it making noise in the garage, is it making noise in a club, is it making noise on the airwaves, is it makeing noise in the arenas.

I think a depressed economy actually makes better more street level music come out, the real blood and guts hanging on the edge of you seat rock n roll.

No it aint dead yet!

But the record Companies are dying. (And BTW, My comment on shredders does not mean I think they have no talent... I'm saying that the record companies have lost sight of real musical endeavor in favor of Flash and Glitter... The problem with Flash & Glitter, is that every street level band in the world is doing it...and its always the same stuff... (IMO)
As such, The record companies are trying to survive by amping up the last artist... with more shine & distraction than with substance (Musically).

In My opinion, I believe that is the death of the Recording companies.

dog I thought the record companies lost that in the 80s

If the record companies are gone then it will be a good thing. pop music will die and anyone who wants to make a record can. honestly anyone can make a record better than most record companies can. print out the label onto the cd and put a pic of the band on the front cover. all i do is mic my amp and plug directly into my pc. its no big deal to make a record

better is a relative term , but I do not disagree

blues edge wrote:dog I thought the record companies lost that in the 80s

Yeah i was off a few decades... But even the 80's hadn't quite lost the full musical sense...yet...

You know, My parents listened to Sinatra and called our music rubbish... I think...I have become my parents....

yea me too

The thing is look at what we are doing right now.

We are all from different areas of the country talking about music.

I can remember going to a record store and getting 45s of the songs I wanted to learn in the mid 70s. The only music a guy like me heard was on the radio or major labels, that was it.

Today if you have a band, you can connect with people all over the world, period, its never been easier to get new music out there, the problem everyone wants to be a rich rock star, well Im sorry you cant all be me! LOL

There was the discusion about FB on here, I used to plaster automobile windows with flyers, for gigs in the early 80s, today I can send 150-200 invites to a gig in 10-20 minutes.

Rock N Roll is here to stay, one way or the other. and its never been a better time to get music out to be heard, I dont get the negativity everyone feels about it all.

A prime example is the singer for Journey, Schon saw a youtube video and not that dude who noone would have ever heard of 20 yrs ago is fronting Journey.

In some ways its freaking amazing to me.

jw no deniin' theres alot of really cool stuff out there now , wish i'd had a digital multi trac back in the 70s !