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Nothing will ever be more bewildering than the people who get all sanctimonious that some rando can no longer get rich turning his blues scale riff into a 7 yea

Nothing will ever be more bewildering than the people who get all sanctimonious that some rando can no longer get rich turning his blues scale riff into a 7 year marketing cicada. People who actually care about music and can do something unique with it are currently taking advantage of the internet's costless promotional channels, getting famous, and making a perfectly good living off of youtube views if nothing else. The real issue is that these promotional channels exist and the entrenched players don't control them, so they can't fabricate a superstar out of regurgitated shitmusic anymore. Cry me a river, mainstream media. Cry me a river, narcissistic "band" who aspires to be millionaires.

bsder 11y ago
> People who actually care about music and can do something unique with it are currently taking advantage of the internet's costless promotional channels, getting famous, and making a perfectly good living off of youtube views if nothing else. Hogwash. Every heard of Mike Keneally? Exactly. He fits your description to a T. Except that you have heard of him. He plays for this guy: http://www.satriani.com/splash/ http://www.satriani.com/splash/ Oh, and he happens to play guitar in this band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok Now, if that guy can't make it work, I doubt anybody can.
- leoedin 11y ago
  It would be far more informative if you could tell us why he isn't making it work? Is he not making a living playing music? Regardless, music is the ultimate free market. Regardless of how talented you are, if you don't make something that people will vote with their money to see, you won't make any money. This hasn't changed for 50 years and has absolutely nothing to do with the fall of record sales. 30 years ago talented musicians were still being ignored because their genre wasn't fashionable. Do you really doubt that anyone can make it work as a professional musician? Really? Because I don't work anywhere near the music industry and I know a handful of professional musicians. Sure, there's far more people who play instruments and can't make it work professionally, but that's always been the case.
- multinglets 11y ago
  Is Mike Keneally living in poverty or something? And are you honestly suggesting there aren't many many artists who make a living independently via their web presence?

bsder 11y ago

> People who actually care about music and can do something unique with it are currently taking advantage of the internet's costless promotional channels, getting famous, and making a perfectly good living off of youtube views if nothing else. Hogwash. Every heard of Mike Keneally? Exactly. He fits your description to a T. Except that you have heard of him. He plays for this guy: http://www.satriani.com/splash/ http://www.satriani.com/splash/ Oh, and he happens to play guitar in this band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok Now, if that guy can't make it work, I doubt anybody can.

leoedin 11y ago
It would be far more informative if you could tell us why he isn't making it work? Is he not making a living playing music? Regardless, music is the ultimate free market. Regardless of how talented you are, if you don't make something that people will vote with their money to see, you won't make any money. This hasn't changed for 50 years and has absolutely nothing to do with the fall of record sales. 30 years ago talented musicians were still being ignored because their genre wasn't fashionable. Do you really doubt that anyone can make it work as a professional musician? Really? Because I don't work anywhere near the music industry and I know a handful of professional musicians. Sure, there's far more people who play instruments and can't make it work professionally, but that's always been the case.
multinglets 11y ago
Is Mike Keneally living in poverty or something? And are you honestly suggesting there aren't many many artists who make a living independently via their web presence?