Comments by "redfish337" (@redfish337) on "Why is Modern Music so Awful?" video.

  1. Blockbusters of anything need a lot of investment... so they do often sell to the lowest common denominator. But in the old days, you pretty much had to go through the gatekeepers. Maybe your music wasn't up to snuff- or maybe you were just black playing white people music. These days, anyone can put their music up online. Maybe it's barely monetizable, but you can at least get it out to the potential masses. If you get popular on your own, you're no longer a risk. Look at say... Lindsey Stirling... who, with an America's Got Talent appearance and smart use of Youtube, has managed to get a strong following despite a more or less novel, niche kind of music. A standard record company isn't going to think that sort of thing would sell. The Internet does the mixing now. Major labels have retreated to produce safe music. Pop music has always sucked- it just sucks more and more as time goes on. BUT, that doesn't mean "music as an art form is dying"... those artists still exist, and, again, if they can manage to survive as a starving artist/musician, or with music as their side hustle or hobby, their music is more available now than it's ever been. You don't have to be brainwashed- find what you like. If enough people start to like it, it's no longer a risk and a record company may make an offer. And as a side note... I think the concept that you have to like music "at first sight" for it to be good to be wrong. I think that's MOST common of boring pop music...naturally passable at first listen, and then you just like it more and more after a few plays. Naw, a lot of experimental music that'd probably never get a major release takes some digestion time to decide what you think about it. Some people may never like it, but others will appreciate it more and more with each listen.
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