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Posted by Vladimir (from: ) on April 27, 2002 at 10:46:40:

The music "industry" right now is at its lowerst point in the last 30 years. Never has capitalism played such a great part in blocking out the true artists in the game. Musicians since the middle ages have been underpaid, underappriciated, the people who's livelyhood has relied on their passion for the music. Pop bands such as Blink-182 who try to advertize themselves as "punk", so as to gain more publicity, thus sales. People like Lars Ulrich, who sell out on a band as signifigant as Metallica. Beurocratic bean counters such as Fred Durst who are only interested in sales figures, and dont realy give half a fuck about the music. Theres are not the heros of our music scene. It the kids in their garages, writing simple tunes about lost love, it the weekend warrios shredding with their highschool mates of long ago, its the people who put their blood, sweat and tears into music and never get recognized, these are our heros. There are 2 ways teh music scene can go. It can get better, or it can get worse. Its time to take the power back. In a day and age where bands pop up, sounding quasi-pearl jam/creed, releasing one song and then dissapearing, where "r'n'b" is any pop song released by a black artist. If you not as guitarists, not as musicians, but as people, want it to get better, then the sword is in your hand. You have to know how to weild it. Keep putting in the blood sweat and tears, brothers and sisters. Let the beurocratic record execs' weave their bullshit. Its your music, its your life, its your enjoyment. Do your own thing, not what you think you should do. Its what makes us the best fuckin thing there is, not just as guitarists, not just as musicians, but as people. Kepp the dreams, brother and sisters.
Vladimir

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: The music "industry" right now is at its lowerst point in the last 30 years. Never has capitalism played such a great part in blocking out the true artists in the game. Musicians since the middle ages have been underpaid, underappriciated, the people who's livelyhood has relied on their passion for the music. Pop bands such as Blink-182 who try to advertize themselves as "punk", so as to gain more publicity, thus sales. People like Lars Ulrich, who sell out on a band as signifigant as Metallica. Beurocratic bean counters such as Fred Durst who are only interested in sales figures, and dont realy give half a fuck about the music. Theres are not the heros of our music scene. It the kids in their garages, writing simple tunes about lost love, it the weekend warrios shredding with their highschool mates of long ago, its the people who put their blood, sweat and tears into music and never get recognized, these are our heros. There are 2 ways teh music scene can go. It can get better, or it can get worse. Its time to take the power back. In a day and age where bands pop up, sounding quasi-pearl jam/creed, releasing one song and then dissapearing, where "r'n'b" is any pop song released by a black artist. If you not as guitarists, not as musicians, but as people, want it to get better, then the sword is in your hand. You have to know how to weild it. Keep putting in the blood sweat and tears, brothers and sisters. Let the beurocratic record execs' weave their bullshit. Its your music, its your life, its your enjoyment. Do your own thing, not what you think you should do. Its what makes us the best fuckin thing there is, not just as guitarists, not just as musicians, but as people. Kepp the dreams, brother and sisters. : Vladimir

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