Another Antiquated Industry

Something to remember though is that just because you can get something on the internet doesn’t mean it’s any good. The fact that “storage space” on the world wide web is relatively limitless means there is a lot of stuff out there ranging from technical to artistic. And I’d venture to say 99% of it is garbage.

It’s disgusting how connected and plugged in we’ve become as a society, but I think quality creative works will still be “grown”. To use your music example, maybe a bar band doesn’t play their bar circuit to gain popularity anymore, maybe they have a digital four track and put some stuff on a MySpace or Facebook page. People catch on, somebody important happens across them and pretty soon they’re playing sold out stadium dates (obviously the ueber-simplified version). The argument then is, I don’t think the struggling artist needs any help from their predecessors and I’d venture a guess that they don’t want it either. Music has always been “direct to consumer”, the only thing that has changed/is changing is the location of said consumer.

You’re always going to have to pay your dues, no matter what creative outlet and distribution method you use. Life isn’t a reality TV competition show, nor should it be.

In the end, there’s never going to be a need to “push” things one way or another. At one point in time the only way you could hear music was to be invited to someone’s court…eventually you could purchase a device that allowed you to listen to music in your home…and now you don’t even have to buy a whole album. Music, like any other artform, will transcend technology and adapt. They’ve been doing that since the stone age…