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Some of the responses are saying that it is about marketability and while that is certainly true for some musicians, it isn't true for all -- optimistically I w
by jccalhoun 11y ago
Some of the responses are saying that it is about marketability and while that is certainly true for some musicians, it isn't true for all -- optimistically I would even say most.
For example, I remember an interview with the German group Milky Chance where the main song writer said that he has never written a song in German http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/05/22/milky-chance-perform-in-the-current-studio http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/05/22/milky-chance-pe...
In these cases I would say it is a result of the popularity of English music and people wanting to emulate the music that they like. "I like these songs and they are in English so if I write songs like these then I will write them in English."
- mafribe 11y agowanting to emulate the music that they like. Yes, but the reason they like this music, is (to a substantial degree) because others (in their relevant peer group) like that music. Ultimately a lot of people like a specific form of music, because it has been mass produced, and mass marketed to them. One of the social functions of pop-music is to help form and sustain group identities. E.g. Reggae is associated by some/many with being relaxed, easy-going, liking ganja etc. For such group formation to function, it is vital that a lot people do in fact listen to this music. The best way to get a large number of people to like a small number of musical genres, is truth heavy marketing and restriction of products on offer. In the past, production and distribution of records was only economically feasible for a small number of products ...
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThe problem is, they end up with no audience since it already listens to whatever they are trying to emulate.