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I think we have to differentiate between the industry itself and the artist community in general. The industry as it existed in prior years may be gone for good
by nateb2022 3y ago
I think we have to differentiate between the industry itself and the artist community in general. The industry as it existed in prior years may be gone for good, however in my experience, there are a ton of really good alt/indie artists performing on the local level, in small venues such as the Java Barn at St. Lawrence University -- a student-run venue with a history of featuring awesome up-and-coming acts.[0][1] These artists also generally publish music on Spotify (e.g. Moxie)[2], and although they may never enjoy the widespread success of making it to the Billboard Hot 100, you can find them in almost any part of America producing awesome music.
[0]: https://www.instagram.com/javabarnmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/javabarnmusic/
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Barn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Barn
[2]: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4K2IUtmY2APWh6mdxzBOZF https://open.spotify.com/artist/4K2IUtmY2APWh6mdxzBOZF
- JKCalhoun 3y agoProbably any college radio station is going to be similar. The point they make in the article though is that with the death of the industry we no longer have a collective listening experience. It's like the insane movie streaming world we live in now. Ever hear people these days around the water cooler? Ann: "Been binge-watching Undersea Cable Warriors — amazing." Bob: "Haven't seen it, me and the S.O. are hooked on The Harmonograph Mystery." Carol: "Wow, Return to Topkapi was amazing. Anyone else see it?" : :
- tptacek 3y agoWait, which is it: that we no longer have a collective listening experience to enrich rock music, or that we no longer have a competition among diverse, idiosyncratic stations exposing us to varying DJ tastes? It seems like it'd need to be one or the other, if we're describing a macro phenomenon like "the death of rock".
- Retric 3y agoYou need both, without a shared experience you just end up with fragmentation not a cohesive genre. However, without organic discovery of new talent you lose touch with the underlying culture. Payola is just part of the story. The finite number of large radio stations enforced a shared experience independent of what specifically was on air. The US used to regularly see new music genres become popular. From 1910’s there was Jazz, Blues, Swing, R&B, Rock, Disco, Rap, and Punk etc. Yet the last 20 years hasn’t seen the same kind of cohesive movements.
- musicale 3y agoWe are seeing fragmentation, yet we still have huge pop stars like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé with hundreds of millions of fans and massively popular tours. Rock isn't entirely dead in the pop charts either.
- throwup238 3y agoDamn for a second there I thought Moxie Marlinspike had become a musician. Life is nothing but disappointment.