Zeus Mutation
Senior Member
IMO the perception that we are looking at is wrong.
Who buys CD's today... When was the last time "you" bought something brand new, as in not an older "classic" CD?
Once file sharing and Napter was in full swing you'd be hard pressed to find people at records stores like before. The proof is in the big chain stores are gone... Look at Blockbuster, streaming technology has eliminated them as well.
Now bands will release stuff on vinyl just to help get you into the specialty store. April 16th, record appreciation day!
In my day getting an album was an all day adventure... the countless hours I spent looking at my Iron Maiden albums and playing them to death was, well, what you did...
Artist want money, its still a job, if you want people to know about it you have to market it... watch TV, think about how many people have no idea of all the subliminal messaging going on. If you ask, what the comercial was saying most see only the surface value. Advertising/Marketing people know this so they use it.
I remember MTV when it started... I used to hate this song called Big Log by a guy who I thought was Lame at the time, it played in heavy rotation and I hated it... his name is Robert Plant! Once I discoverd Zepp I couldnt belive it was the same dude... anyway, after awhile music was visual and no longer... just music... you didn't take albums to friends houses and wonder who the band was... now every band has a facebook page, mine included and we havent even played anywhere yet, lol.
Point being its not the "age" or demigraphic but the "how" that has changed music. The Styx refference is perfect. They rocked, got famous, DeYoung thought he was important and had new creative ideas to explore. Gotta love that he screwd up a good thing for his creative process and not just to remain popular. I digressed.
The kids today have more than kids before in terms of getting access to movies, music, and games. Business is Business and if your in it you know that the only logic is making money.. how to make more and more. The music business feeds us crap and we are often times to busy to notice or care, we buy the songs that we hear on TV, in our fav movie, associated with games, etc... we've become cattle.
With that doom and gloom I say... time is forever repeating itself... I discoverd a ton of music from long ago and so will new generations of music lovers. Its not the music, its the Packaging, but many people as you all know rebel against the mainstream and they often bring back stuff from yesteryear... I liked 60's hard rock in the 80's... day glow was new to me but old to my mom... you all know what I'm saying
Who buys CD's today... When was the last time "you" bought something brand new, as in not an older "classic" CD?
Once file sharing and Napter was in full swing you'd be hard pressed to find people at records stores like before. The proof is in the big chain stores are gone... Look at Blockbuster, streaming technology has eliminated them as well.
Now bands will release stuff on vinyl just to help get you into the specialty store. April 16th, record appreciation day!
In my day getting an album was an all day adventure... the countless hours I spent looking at my Iron Maiden albums and playing them to death was, well, what you did...
Artist want money, its still a job, if you want people to know about it you have to market it... watch TV, think about how many people have no idea of all the subliminal messaging going on. If you ask, what the comercial was saying most see only the surface value. Advertising/Marketing people know this so they use it.
I remember MTV when it started... I used to hate this song called Big Log by a guy who I thought was Lame at the time, it played in heavy rotation and I hated it... his name is Robert Plant! Once I discoverd Zepp I couldnt belive it was the same dude... anyway, after awhile music was visual and no longer... just music... you didn't take albums to friends houses and wonder who the band was... now every band has a facebook page, mine included and we havent even played anywhere yet, lol.
Point being its not the "age" or demigraphic but the "how" that has changed music. The Styx refference is perfect. They rocked, got famous, DeYoung thought he was important and had new creative ideas to explore. Gotta love that he screwd up a good thing for his creative process and not just to remain popular. I digressed.
The kids today have more than kids before in terms of getting access to movies, music, and games. Business is Business and if your in it you know that the only logic is making money.. how to make more and more. The music business feeds us crap and we are often times to busy to notice or care, we buy the songs that we hear on TV, in our fav movie, associated with games, etc... we've become cattle.
With that doom and gloom I say... time is forever repeating itself... I discoverd a ton of music from long ago and so will new generations of music lovers. Its not the music, its the Packaging, but many people as you all know rebel against the mainstream and they often bring back stuff from yesteryear... I liked 60's hard rock in the 80's... day glow was new to me but old to my mom... you all know what I'm saying
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