What happened to music?
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Originally posted by Sickdude: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:21 AM
SICKDUDE
Can't do youtube at work, but this very topic is something I have been thinking about a lot recently.
Seems like the music and radio industries have had each other caught up in a death spiral for several years now. Music is promoted on radio, and conversely radio can only play what music is being made.
The music industry makes and promotes music of a few narrowly defined genres, and insists that its stars be young, charismatic, and live the rock-n-roll lifestyle. Less and less emphasis is placed on songwriting ability and voice talent. Further, if a musician is not the demographic they are looking for, they don't do the album. Lastly, the main fault of the music industry is price. It is just ridiculous that you can buy a movie on DVD cheaper than you can buy the soundtrack. I understand it takes about $0.10 to make a CD, and about $1.00 to make a DVD. Seeing as how the case and packaging can't be that much (maybe $.20) if there is a printing of at least 10,000 copies, why is it a CD from the store cost $14.00?!? Especially when a DVD only cost $7-15? Even with the artist getting a royalty, a CD should only be about $4-5. The music industry likes to complain about declining sales and piracy, but there would be a lot less of both if music were more of an impulse buy.
Meanwhile, the radio industry has been slowly digging its own grave for decades now. Marketing and programmed playlists kill creativity, enthusiasm, and variety. I was just listening to a report on NPR the other day where the subject was saying that basically Rock grew when FM stations were just starting out. With no one listening to them, the DJs were able to play whatever they liked, which happened to be early Rock (they mentioned Sgt Pepper specifically). It turns out there is still quite a bit of good music being made, but without exposure, the general populace never hears it, and it never catches on. Thus, radio is left with the same tired playlist year after year. Our local NPR just started a new station (89.3 the Current) last year that plays a huge variety of obscure rock aimed at youth. It often sounds like a university radio station, but for the first time in a long time, I have been discovering new music that I like. More radio stations should have an open playlist like this (and not just lip service saying that they do). They might find their audience growing instead of loosing people to XMRadio, ipods, etc.
Rant over. For now.
"I am your father, Luke. Give in to the Dark Side, you nob!" - Doug McKenzie
Yup, as you say, you've been thinking about it. This is long since gone but my saying nice job will now be here with you.
T
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When the drummer is better than your drum machine, not just musicality he's there in the rhythm even if he is 'human' ...or is he?
and Jesse Welles has written a song
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John Wayne was a Nazi - MDC
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the political nonsense even wakes the gamers and nihilists
Coldplay ask fans to ‘send love to Charlie Kirk’s family’
https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/13/coldplay-fans-disappointed-chris-martin
-dedicates-song-charlie-kirks-family-24153492/
oldies disco, Gloria song, Laura Branigan vocal
number 1 in Australia and Canada
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Punk Rap duo Bob Vylan celebrate Charlie Kirk’s killing on stage
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/punk-rap-duo-bob-vylan-celebrate-charlie
-kirks-killing-on-stage-5HjdCxz_2/
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more of this 'music'
The Daughter Seen Gangsta Rapping And Dancing With Her Mother Her Ends Up Murdering Her
Galveston, Texas Teen Charged with Murder After Shooting Mother Tiamoya Moore
Officers found 34-year-old Tiamoya Moore suffering from gunshot wounds at her home and transported her to UTMB, where she was pronounced dead.
https://vidmax.com/video/235160-the-daughter-seen-gangsta-rapping-and-
dancing-with-her-mother-her-ends-up-murdering-her
Witnesses identified the shooter as Moore’s 16-year-old daughter, who had fled on foot but returned to the scene and was arrested without incident.
The teen was booked into the Galveston County Juvenile Justice Center on a murder charge. A firearm was recovered at the scene.
Family speaks out after 16-year-old is accused of killing her mother
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/family-speaks-16-old-accused-02485
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Lola Young cancels show in Washington DC one day after collapsing onstage at New York music festival
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15143711/Lola-Young-canc
els-collapsing-onstage.html
What happened to 'The Kinks'
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Top 25 Anime With The Best Soundtracks Of All Time
https://www.fandomspot.com/anime-with-best-soundtracks/
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I'm sure you're enjoying yourself but, people are having conversations and you keep burying them as you dig up these old threads. I enjoy some myself, however?
Jane Goodall just died. At this rate she'll be off the visual board in two days for a bunch of stuff that may no longer be relevant. Threads people started two weeks ago are pushed to page 12 in the more discussions thread, or worse in a week. If something you want to post is relevant to one of these threads, good luck.
What do ya think?
T
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Dinosaur soundtrack for the 2000 film composed by James Newton Howard
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