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I wouldn't call it extortion. The music industry doesn't produce the same quality or number of quality songs it once did. There hasn't even been any substantial

I wouldn't call it extortion. The music industry doesn't produce the same quality or number of quality songs it once did. There hasn't even been any substantially new genres in two decades. It's much, much harder to make it big as an independent artist these days. Besides the monetization problem, which is a big one, you also have a big discovery problem. There's a lot of things competing for people's time and attention and you have to compete with all the other songs in people's large streaming libraries to make a fraction of what you would have from CD sales two decades ago.

Semaphor 6y ago
> you also have a big discovery problem I find it far easier than ever before to discover new music. Which leads me to: > It's much, much harder to make it big as an independent artist these days My (possibly naive and certainly not backed by any insider knowledge) thinking is, that this is because you have far more than there used to be as the barrier of entry is far lower. I’ve bought music from all kinds of artists than I probably would never even have found even just 10 years ago.
- oauea 6y ago
  My (certainly naive and not backed by any knowledge) opinion is that nowadays it's much easier to make it as a nobody. That's why it's happening so much, and they're all competing with each other. Now we have many very good musicians, but the studios won't manage to create another legendary musician anymore.
tinco 6y ago
I'm afraid to ask, but what "substantially new" genre do you suppose came into existence two decades ago? I would bet the exact opposite of your entire comment is true. Instead of a new genre every decade or two, we now have new genres multiple times per decade. It is much easier to make it big as an independent artist thanks to a multitude of large open entry platforms, and there is more money flowing into the music industry than ever. There are more talented artists in all genres, and thanks to music production hardware/software becoming essentially free a lot of that talent is being adequately produced.

Semaphor 6y ago

> you also have a big discovery problem I find it far easier than ever before to discover new music. Which leads me to: > It's much, much harder to make it big as an independent artist these days My (possibly naive and certainly not backed by any insider knowledge) thinking is, that this is because you have far more than there used to be as the barrier of entry is far lower. I’ve bought music from all kinds of artists than I probably would never even have found even just 10 years ago.

oauea 6y ago
My (certainly naive and not backed by any knowledge) opinion is that nowadays it's much easier to make it as a nobody. That's why it's happening so much, and they're all competing with each other. Now we have many very good musicians, but the studios won't manage to create another legendary musician anymore.

tinco 6y ago

I'm afraid to ask, but what "substantially new" genre do you suppose came into existence two decades ago? I would bet the exact opposite of your entire comment is true. Instead of a new genre every decade or two, we now have new genres multiple times per decade. It is much easier to make it big as an independent artist thanks to a multitude of large open entry platforms, and there is more money flowing into the music industry than ever. There are more talented artists in all genres, and thanks to music production hardware/software becoming essentially free a lot of that talent is being adequately produced.