So one thing I’ve felt over the last half-decade or so is the imminent distinction of an industry formula that’s been prevalent since the late eighties. That feed-it-to-the-public, cookie cutter, MTV-driven narrow street known as the music business. Sold as a package, bands have been pieced together and pruned for popularity by major douchebag-backers since the introduction of ‘markets’ and ’strategies’, a trend formed in the early eighties (probably coke-induced), that until now has worked. But people are starting to catch on. With the advent of the internet, there is an ability for the individual to find tastes they find works for them, instead of relying on a few bands in a few select genres to choose from. This is the Long Tail of things.
This has caused industry dinosaurs, who don’t know the first thing about what people actually want, to panic and just push the same formulaic drivel even harder.
Shira sent me a great link today: Nickelback’s formulaic suckiness.
That about sums it up. Quick, sort of incoherent, ranting post. I don’t even want to get into the Grammys right now.
