[NewMusic] Rolling Stone report on the "record industry decline"....

[Matt Davignon]

Yet not a single word about the declining quality of music on the big
4 record labels. They do mention something about banking heavily on
Linkin Park, but they didn't mention that as part of the problem. When
they first hit mtv, Linkin Park was a Nine Inch Nails knockoff about 5
years behind the curve.

10 years ago, Linkin' Park would be considered a fairly minor band,
like Screaming Trees or something.

20-30 years ago, a band that generic probably wouldn't have been signed at all.

It's weird to say this, but even Nirvana and Pearl Jam had something
to listen to, from a rock and roll standpoint. As recently as 2000,
there was still some interesting thing going on in pop/RnB, but since
then it's sounded more and more like a disposable representation of
itself. And I don't think people want to pay that much money for
disposable music.

Compare to the major label stuff going on decades ago. Tom Dimuzio and
I were having a discussion of how the music of Led Zeppelin and Pink
Floyd made people feel like they *must* learn music. Now, seeing an
image of a "recording artist" holding an instrument seems kind of
rare.

Matt

On 6/20/07, grobair at emusician.com <grobair at emusician.com> wrote:
> <<"We have great records, but we're less sure than ever that people are
> going to buy them," he says. "There's a sense around here of losing
> faith.">>
>
> Sound familiar?
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> http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline
> ?source=music_news_rssfeed
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