yes
i agree
….quit my job 3 months ago to stay home and write music/songs
…. unbelievable amount of work – simply staggering
and getting a recording contract – forget it – the industry is destroyed.
..the industry that was is gone – maybe something will rise from the ashes

and TOm bro -
good list – but u are definitely wrong on a few ….
madonna – the greatest female entertainer in history ….
i agree her new stuff is very hard to digest – but she is/was the best
LP – are u kidding me ! that is a solid act if i ever heard one
usher – granted i know nothing of “jungle bunny” music
( no offense please – but i just don’t “get it”) – he is a great singer
and Bey – she is a great singer too – – again — i dont get it

so i good half ur list are some of the most talented singers in the history of the universe ,,,,

… read scotts post – and do scotts post

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first of all, i stopped listening to the radio a year ago because i only hear the same thing played over and over again with a new title

the problem is theres no creativity

no more room to be an artist because the label wants new artists to fit a certain demographic get inside the box and make money

is this evil?

no the purpose of a label is to make money, it’s a business

90 percent of artists these days don’t even write their own songs i’m a musician and i try to write but in my opinion if it isnt from the gut good music that u made then it wont be real

i watch these artists on tv and i get sick cause it sounds good but it doesnt count to me cuz they didn’t write it it didn’t even come to them

the music industry has become a land of cover music, unoriginal

what i mean is the real songwriters and artists are behind the scenes and because they don’t fit the demographic coffins of the label, or maybe they cant sing of something like that they don’t see daylight

the other problem is the actual new artists

are they in it for the money or fame…or woah slow down, the music?

i told my parents a while ago that i don’t care if i’m poor on the streets paycheck to paycheck for the rest of my life, I JUST WANT TO PLAY MUSIC
in a club, a church, on the street whatever it doesn’t matter

that is the BIGGEST problem we’re facing where have all the artists gone?

i don’t know but the labels arent finding them

wat they’re finding is attracive marketable fame seekers who are willing to do anything 4 a piece of the glory

the pursuit of fame is the enemy the pursuit of money is the enemy

if america can learn to pursue music again one artist on the street at a time, maybe we can find art and artists in the record labels again too

I believe that music in our time is not “worse” than past music, it’s just that we are living in rapidly changing times. And with changing times comes changing culture and, in this case, musical preferences.

The big-time record industries are dying because any music you would ever want, you can get for free. So how do you combat this villain that exists solely for the purpose of undermining your efforts?

Simple. You change your efforts.

People may not want to shell out $17 for their favorite band’s album, but I am positive they would shell out $40 to see them live, if the venue was convenient and the band was worth seeing.

But I digress.
I don’t think that music today is bad. Pop music and “Top 40″ music is still horrible, but it kind of always was. But not all of it is, just like not all modern music is.

There is a plethora of amazing indie/unsigned/small-fan-based bands out there, so I don’t think I need to name too many. Good music isn’t that hard to find, if you care to look and don’t care what the “in” (or “out” for that matter) music is.

There is great music out there, and there will be bad music as well. But I’m don’t think by the end of this generation we could choose our “greatest” artist/band. It’s too hard. Music is too broad a spectrum to narrow down into “good” or “bad”, even, for every band (nay, even any song) has “good” and “bad” in it.

So yeah, thats what I got to say about this.

artful particles set:ridgepole worship …

does anyone remember “Disco” ?

LOL, don’t make me laugh. Everyone remembers Disco. It’s still being played todays. Clubs are being opened up all over the world dedicated to this type of music Unlike say Led Zeppelin./ Does anyone remember them? Or more importantly can anyone hum more than ONE of their songs.