http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/01/subcription-vs-the-fans/ blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/01/subcription-vs-the-fans/#comment-12 Rod Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:28:38 +0000 http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/01/subcription-vs-the-fans/#comment-12 The CD wil not be dead as long as cars carry them. Milions of people listen to music while they are driving and often their choice is to play their CDs. So there is still a market for CDs. and as you say getting the type of hook up which allows the vast public to listen in their living room is still not affordable. Back catalogues will suffer for sure though. Its not just radio that is responsible for monopoly.t.v has a part to play in that too but possibly in a different way? The emergence of reality karaoke talent show contests such as pop idol or x factor have got a lot to answer for! They sure as heck dont encourage new music or artist progression but rely heavily on the cult of personality and appearance. I shudder to think what would have happened to the likes of Bob Dylan,Van Morrison or Joe Cocker in one of these shows? Not that they would ever have been foolhardy enough to countenance appearing in one in their time. But musically they encourage a bland musical taste in the populace at large whilst holding up a false golden cup for thousands of wanabees who hope for a lucky break to stardome. As for mainstream music magz? God help us from them telling us whats in and whats out! I have nothing against mainstream popularity but its the thought of being herded like sheep into going down a narrow path to a pen to be locked in which annoys me! Which leads us back to the question as to why fans arent buying more music? Perhaps its because they feel that they are force fed on the same diet of music all the time from a combination of sources? For a couple of years i was regularly attending local musical venues in a large city and i swear if i heard the same sound of a guitar band once i heard it repeated a hundred times over by other bands all copying the same! Whose fault is that? I would say its a very controlled industrys fault. That industry taking in all aspects of labels,radio,magazines,and tv all driving to where they think the money is to be made and not being prepared to take a chance on anything which might be remotely difficult to sell. So to me the industry has become more tightly money focussed and less willingto be open to new influence. But is it driving the customer or is the customer driving it or a combination of both? Whichever way the drive is for the wrong reasons i feel. The CD wil not be dead as long as cars carry them. Milions of people listen to music while they are driving and often their choice is to play their CDs. So there is still a market for CDs. and as you say getting the type of hook up which allows the vast public to listen in their living room is still not affordable. Back catalogues will suffer for sure though.
Its not just radio that is responsible for monopoly.t.v has a part to play in that too but possibly in a different way? The emergence of reality karaoke talent show contests such as pop idol or x factor have got a lot to answer for! They sure as heck dont encourage new music or artist progression but rely heavily on the cult of personality and appearance. I shudder to think what would have happened to the likes of Bob Dylan,Van Morrison or Joe Cocker in one of these shows? Not that they would ever have been foolhardy enough to countenance appearing in one in their time.
But musically they encourage a bland musical taste in the populace at large whilst holding up a false golden cup for thousands of wanabees who hope for a lucky break to stardome.
As for mainstream music magz? God help us from them telling us whats in and whats out!
I have nothing against mainstream popularity but its the thought of being herded like sheep into going down a narrow path to a pen to be locked in which annoys me!
Which leads us back to the question as to why fans arent buying more music?
Perhaps its because they feel that they are force fed on the same diet of music all the time from a combination of sources?
For a couple of years i was regularly attending local musical venues in a large city and i swear if i heard the same sound of a guitar band once i heard it repeated a hundred times over by other bands all copying the same! Whose fault is that? I would say its a very controlled industrys fault.
That industry taking in all aspects of labels,radio,magazines,and tv all driving to where they think the money is to be made and not being prepared to take a chance on anything which might be remotely difficult to sell. So to me the industry has become more tightly money focussed and less willingto be open to new influence. But is it driving the customer or is the customer driving it or a combination of both? Whichever way the drive is for the wrong reasons i feel.

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