I know the most important thing for me with music is quality. Ideally, I want to listen to the music that most fits my interests.
One argument that the RIAA and major labels use is that without them there would be far less 'good' music around for our listening pleasure.
I've heard many rumors about labels signing bands simply to drown them out, so that there is less competition for their 'good' and more expensive bands. Everybody knows that if you're a band about to sign a contract, you'd better read all of the fine print!
While I cannot site any examples at the moment (and would be very interested if any of you could), based on the boy bands/spears clones/branch crew, I would not be surprised if this were the case.
While I still listen to some bands that are currently signed with large companies, I think that most of the bands that I've been listening to recently are signed with smaller labels. I think there may be a reason for this, not coincidence!
Yeah, well also according to some other recent statistics I've heard: Drug use is on the decline and will be non-existant in 5 years, the green party will overtake the republican party in popularity in 10 years, and scientology will overtake christianity in the next 10 years as the most popular religion in the western hemisphere. *(source reuters).
I wouldn't believe all the statistics you hear, (except these ones of course).
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I know the most important thing for me with music is quality. Ideally, I want to listen to the music that most fits my interests. One argument that the RIAA and major labels use is that without them there would be far less 'good' music around for our listening pleasure. I've heard many rumors about labels signing bands simply to drown them out, so that there is less competition for their 'good' and more expensive bands. Everybody knows that if you're a band about to sign a contract, you'd better read all of the fine print! While I cannot site any examples at the moment (and would be very interested if any of you could), based on the boy bands/spears clones/branch crew, I would not be surprised if this were the case. While I still listen to some bands that are currently signed with large companies, I think that most of the bands that I've been listening to recently are signed with smaller labels. I think there may be a reason for this, not coincidence!
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Yeah, well also according to some other recent statistics I've heard: Drug use is on the decline and will be non-existant in 5 years, the green party will overtake the republican party in popularity in 10 years, and scientology will overtake christianity in the next 10 years as the most popular religion in the western hemisphere. *(source reuters). I wouldn't believe all the statistics you hear, (except these ones of course).