06-20-2003, 02:15 AM
No, the American music industry's not very good right now. The problem is the same damn thing as always. The industry keeps trying to convert music from an art form into a commodity. And all the music keeps getting stifled by "market research" and "focus groups". We're being left with these brainwashed and castrated acts like Good Charlotte and Ashanti. And don't get me started on the rap industry. It's nothing more than the black equivalent of the Indian casinos...
Although, I suppose it could be worse. In China, where anything creative is considered a danger to the state, all music is required to be apolitical, and all new music acts have to apply for a state license, and have to take an exam to get a license. Can you imagine if rock stars had to take an exam to be able to perform? Jimi Hendrix would have been screwed...
Although, I suppose it could be worse. In China, where anything creative is considered a danger to the state, all music is required to be apolitical, and all new music acts have to apply for a state license, and have to take an exam to get a license. Can you imagine if rock stars had to take an exam to be able to perform? Jimi Hendrix would have been screwed...