I finally decided to post something in my blog and have decided to make it somewhat of a rant. It will probably end up being a runniong topic as i think more about it. So here it goes... rant in progress.
In Australia we have a song by Mc Lars entitled 'download this song'. Hopefully this particular song and 'artist' does not leave our shores and proceeds to disappear very quickly. Unfortunately i dont think thats gonna happen, i think he is a product of current music trends and we are gonna see more rather then less of this sort of thing.
The main premise of his song is that music should be freely availible and that music producers and money etc shouldn't be needed to launch music careers, that all you should need is your laptop and you should be able to perform sell out shows. While this sounds like a good idea the song itself is all the proof that is needed of why it is not. Basically its just a couple catchy bars mixed with some fast rhyming, which while it may be passable to listen to is really completely unoriginal and exceedingly ordinary, its just not good music.
Now i'm all for people gettin their music out there, i would prefer it if there were more bands playin there music at pubs and other venues. But there should be the oportunity for great music and great musicians to get rewarded for their work. There should also be an availibility for them to be heard in a seperate arena to every garage band out there. If artists lose lucrative record deals and are on the same download page as 100 other bands and their tracks, then the music isn't gonna get out there and it may just disappear. And we cant say that isn't happening now. When was the last time that a new artist came out that was making some really great music and got a lot of air play in the comercial arena. I may have missed some music but all the music i've head comercially lately has either been ordinary at best or by major artists that have already made there moneyand have proven ability.
I think i'll leave it there for now... rant to be continued.