tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post8895345841678829139..comments2023-06-06T06:49:04.399-07:00Comments on Cinder Bridge: Should musicians have to market their own music?cinderkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-67524336488361828792010-05-04T09:35:40.451-07:002010-05-04T09:35:40.451-07:00Susan, I'm with you, life wasn't exactly g...Susan, I'm with you, life wasn't exactly great back in the 70s for artists. Or in the 80s. Or the the 90s. Or now, although I would that no is the best it's been. i say this as someone who once waltzed into a producer's office in Hollywood and saw firsthand the barriers between music creation and distribution. They were high!<br /><br />One more note: just as everyone thinks "commercial" radio sucks today, so too did everyone back in the 70s.Jeff Shattuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434755135113757619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-63431904076461121182009-04-12T00:04:00.000-07:002009-04-12T00:04:00.000-07:00Definitely. Well, except for the songs selling the...Definitely. Well, except for the songs selling themselves. They don't do that if no one finds you. But if they don't sell themselves, YOU can sell them.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-84887375905717988702009-04-08T00:01:00.000-07:002009-04-08T00:01:00.000-07:00Great subject! These days it IS the way to go-Most...Great subject! These days it IS the way to go-<BR/>Most musicians are aware that the best originals stuff these days is all done "In House." <BR/>Because we can... the tunes sell them selves. If folks want it, they ask- You just have to put part of them out there (Utube)Snaggle Toothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197042129309670471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-68045386117790703632009-04-02T09:26:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:26:00.000-07:00You can find good stuff on commercial radio, but t...You can find good stuff on commercial radio, but there's not much of it. I find it ironic that in an era where digital files give us almost unlimited shelf space, the playlists have grown laughably small.<BR/><BR/>Even so, I find Mellencamp's perspective kind of amusing. He reached his peak of fame in the 1980s, a vast musical wasteland if ever there was one. I'm nostalgic for the days when MTV played videos, but they virtually guaranteed that someone like me would never break in. Today I don't have to look like a pre-shaven Brittney Spears to get our stuff out there.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-22859712138412037012009-04-01T23:46:00.000-07:002009-04-01T23:46:00.000-07:00"The old rules and constraints that had governed w..."The old rules and constraints that had governed what was once considered a legitimate artist are no longer valid."<BR/><BR/>This one sentence from his article really says it all. As a listener and former consumer, I walked away from the 'mainstream' music business once all they came out with was the latest identical (c)rap album, the latest plastic idiot out of American Idol, or prefab Disney teens who think they have the wisdom and life experience to have _anything_ meaningful to sing to anyone. It's not illegal file sharing that's done you in for many of us -- it's the wretched, pointless drivel that you have almost exclusively spewed out for over a decade now. Feh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com