Juano
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From: bdwyer[SMTP:bdwyer@grove.ufl.edu]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 1996 8:00 PM
To: Paul LaVigne
Subject: Re: speed of music
So, let's cap this with props for labels such as Ubiquity, Instinct, Acid
Jazz, Shadow, and Moonshine (TripHop) for giving us the shit here.
bil
bdwyer@grove.ufl.edu
On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Paul LaVigne wrote:
> I'm new here, and wanted to start with this.
>
> The speed of music in the U.S., I've always felt, is controlled, or
tried to
> be, by big business. MTV, the big record companies, and mainstream
radio all
> take a more business-like and therefore more profitable approach to the
> music industry. They prefer to appeal to the lowest common denominator
of
> musical taste, moving at a conservative rate. It's about advertising
and
> selling horrible American beer at concerts. I cant speak for Great
Britain,
> but it's hard work finding and getting access to good quality
underground
> music in the U.S..
>
> Look what happened to Prince (I know he's not a/j, just bear with me).
The
> man was able to create sometimes as many as three albums a year, but
Warner
> would only let him release one per year (if he was lucky) when they had
> their hands in his pocket. They were playing the industry, whereas
Prince
> was just playing his music. Artists complain that when they go in to
discuss
> record deals, there are more lawyers and market analysts (I emphasize
the
> anal part of analysts) than producers.
>
> I refuse to watch MTV, and rarely listen to the big radio stations,
because
> they are forcing their crap down my throat.
> They overplay an artist's work until you can't stand them anymore.
>
> Paul
>
>