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Pulse Eternal
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8/5/2007 2:43:50 PM
My thoughts on the music industry and internet music downloads
Most of the commercial top 40 now is what I term McDonalds music. Fast food musical junk fed to those who have yet to learn what music really is. The 'artists' are 'created' by the majors, told what to do, how to look and what to 'sing', bled dry and spat out when the next new 'hot' thing comes along.
Fortunately, the real artists and performers now have a voice away from these leeches with places like IAC where we can promote music written and performed by musicians who are actually talented.
We now have access to affordable professional quality recording equipment and have a vehicle (the internet) to spread our treasures and let the world know we are alive. We can bypass the leeches and 'do it ourselves' thanks to the likes of IAC.
I see mp3's and the net as a promotional tool with the income made from generating a unique attraction to our live shows. I think the days of making a fortune from album sales are coming to an end. People can download music from just about any artist for free, legally or illegally if they want it so why not provide it for them. Spread the word and get them buying tickets to our live shows, buying our DVD's at the gigs and spreading the word to their friends.
That way, the only people concerned about internet downloads and peer to peer networks are the major labels. Let them worry while we get on with bringing real music back to the masses!!
The record companies can focus more on distribution deals with the artists providing the material for them to promote.
Frank Zappa had a very similar vision to this years ago. He was a VERY clever man, WAY ahead of his time!
SuperPuss
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Duane Flock
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8/5/2007 6:37:24 PM
Here ya go............ classic shit man!!
The Slime by Frank Zappa 1973
I am gross and perverted, I’m obsessed and deranged
I have existed for years, but very little has changed
I’m the tool of the government, and industry too
For I am destine to rule and regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious, but you can’t look away
I make you think I’m delicious with the stuff that I say
I’m the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I’m the slime oozing out from your TV set
You will obey while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don’t need you
Don’t go for help…. No one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That’s right folks……. Don’t touch that dial!!!
Well, I am the slime on your video
Can’t catch the slime baby look at me go!!
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Pulse Eternal
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8/5/2007 7:01:50 PM
---- Updated 8/5/2007 7:29:57 PM
Great stuff Oflockit :-)
There's another Frank Zappa song on a new surround release of QuAUDIOPHILIAc that sums all this up perfectly too -
Artist: Frank Zappa
Title: Drooling Midrange Accountants On Easter Hay
"Once upon a time, a record company had A&R people in it who would take a chance, make a decision, use their gut reaction, sign a group, and see what they could do with it. Okay? That was, whoa, a long time ago. It's not that way anymore. All decisions about who get signed and what happens to the record are made by these drooling little midrange accountants. And everything is based on the numbers games in there. And the taste of the accountants is what is ruling the mass media. It's all just the dollars and cents of exchange. And if you wanna make music that you believe in, the chances of doing it on a major label basis are nil, because they're all so frightened. Everybody's there trying to protect their job. And it's easy-- it's easier to look like a wise executive by saying no to something if it's just the most minutely fringe-oid in terms of content.
No.
The horrible part of it is the artists who are feeding this ecological chain stop making songs they believe in and start making product that they know will be airable. And they change the style of what they're doing to fit within the narrow framework that is the contemporary accepted norm for suitable, radio-sounding music. And anything that comes outside of that norm doesn't go on the air, you don't hear about it, you don't know about it. Right now there's probably hundreds of artists in the United States making great sounds and great music. You'll never hear it. You'll never find out about it"
SuperPuss
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Rule 11
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8/5/2007 7:36:32 PM
Another prescient observation by the late great Frank:
From Madam Wong's to Starwood
To the Whiskey on the Strip
You can hear the crashing, blasting strum
Of bands that come to be real hip
And get a record contract
From a talent scout some day
They'll sell their ass, their cocks and balls
They'll take the check 'n walk away
If they're lucky they'll get famous
For a week or two perhaps
They'll buy some ugly clothes to wear
And hope the business don't collapse
Before some stupid magazine
Decides they're really good
They're a Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
From downtown Hollywood
Tinsel Town Rebellion,
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
They used to play all kinds of stuff
And some of it was nice
Some of it was musical
But then they took some guy's advice
To get a record deal, he said,
They would have to be more punk
Forget their chops and play real dumb
Or else they would be sunk
So off they go to S.I.R. to learn some stupid riffs
And practice all their poses
In between their powder sniffs
Chop a line now, snort it up now
And when they think they've got it
They launch a new career
Who gives a fuck if what they play
Is somewhat insincere
Tinsel Town Rebellion,
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
A Tinsel Town Rebellion,
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people down there
Think that substance is a bore
And if your New Wave group looks good
They'll hurry on back for more
Of leather groups and plastic groups
And groups that look real queer
The Tinsel Town aficionados
Come to see and not to hear
But then again this system works
As perfect as a dream
It works for all of those record company pricks
Who come to skim the cream
From the cesspools of excitement
Where Jim Morrison once stood
It's the Tinsel Town Rebellion
From downtown Hollywood
Is everybody happy?
Oh, never mind!
No problem
_______
I miss him every day.
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Pulse Eternal
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8/6/2007 12:54:51 PM
This is awesome!! I didn't realise I was going to create a tribute thread to Frank Zappa!!!!
Keep 'em coming guys :-)
SuperPuss
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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8/6/2007 6:11:07 PM
We are just finishing mixing a new song " Frank" -----a conversation with the visionary---with dub beats!!?
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Pulse Eternal
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8/7/2007 1:17:35 AM
Sounds awesome SW. I can't wait to hear it :-)
SuperPuss
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J Martinez Project
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8/7/2007 2:45:18 AM
Super I think you are on to the future , We now have a home for our music and as time goes on our recordings are getting better and better. The terrestrial radio stations will find us all very soon.
There are still a few independent radio stations left here in the USA and they are desperate for new material. AM and FM will soon find all of us. It just takes one to get the ball rolling. What we have to offer them is non AASCAP and BMI and RIAA music and they way we can get paid is as you say through our live shows and also from downloads of our songs from IAC.
Perhaps we will even get some income from Donations on our websites , who knows. But the days of real music are not dead and that is what is why it's great to be writing music and recording in this day and age. Yea it's true non of us will get rich from the recordings we are doing , But we might be able to tour on a regional level and be paid from that as well as downloads from our fans on IAC.
Since I have been on IAC I have seen some of the best music I have ever heard in my life . Everything from Metal to Hip hop , Jazz , Blues , Rock N Roll and Soul. More and more all the songs sound better. This is a great time to be playing music and it's really great to hear the best music I have ever heard. And none of it came from the RIAA world.
Also you see Major recording artist coming here , They know what is up and they are supporting the cause. The end of the RIAA is near and the start of the revival of real music is now on!
Keep playing and writing because people are listening to us!
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Pulse Eternal
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8/15/2007 9:52:19 PM
J, I completely agree with you. It is only a matter of time before the FM radio networks twig onto the whole indie scene and I think IAC's plans to set up their own FM network are going to be a huge push in the right direction for all of us.
It is great to see the involvement of some of the really well known bigger names here too. Clearly the whole major label thing is starting to come undone at long last. As it is now, it cannot sustain itself, especially now that we all have the means to make our mark on the world without them :-)
SuperPuss
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Bat Lenny
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8/15/2007 11:21:28 PM
Nobody has been mentioned or quoted here as often as Zappa. He was - is - the perfect example of a genius finding success in spite of his brilliance. I wonder if he could do it if he were doing it now. He was able to pull it off because he started in the '60's. Who is out there now that even comes close? The same can be said for so many artists in the '60's - '70's. I still listen to the music I was listening to back then because it was timeless. And it's timelessness is proven by the more enlightened kids of today that have discovered it and prefer it to today's pop. Will today's kids still be listening to today's fast food music when they're in their '40's? Is Fergie timeless? Shop Boyz? T-Pain featuring Akon? Rihanna featuring Jay-Z? Come on, is little Johnny going to listen to Party Like a Rock Star when he's 40 and say "This song is such a classic." I just paid a visit to the Billboard Top 100, and now I'm depressed. Did it actually happen? Is Rock & Roll dead?
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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8/16/2007 11:11:35 PM
I think this thread deserves another spin------------------------------
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8/16/2007 11:28:21 PM
Rock and roll isn't dead as long as it's still breathing somewhere. And it is. But for this period of time, the powers-that-be in the big music biz don't have a clue where the thump is coming from.
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The Man With No Band
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8/17/2007 12:46:31 AM
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Pulse Eternal
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8/17/2007 7:04:29 AM
More great stuff guys!!!
Stegor,
Never fear, Father Time has it summed up. :-)
Here's another appropriate Neil Young song to inspire us
SuperPuss
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