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Topic History of: The UK Music Industry is Dead RIP
Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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GG (producer) |
That is a great rant BR, and all true.
I want to make great music first, but I would like to get paid, as I travel the path to becoming a "National treasure of eccentricity" (lol,.... a new goal)
I remember the crazy buzz around town when the Spice Girls were going to labels just when Simon signed on, before the public knew anything. You rarely if ever see that anymore (that's not pure reality show hype).
That excitement is missing. AND the meltdown at EMI etc. Good God man!
That type of fever is why I got into this game in the first place, and indeed why I first came to London from the States. I think there's more of a chance at redemption in the UK than the US.
The answer is coming. The question is WHO! |
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BR |
Music will never die.
Just think music from being the "soundtrack to our lives" is becoming a "backing track" |
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JK2006 |
Absolutely Al; change is inevitable; it's up to us to make sure it's a good and not a bad thing.
And good does not mean "makes lots of money". "Makes great music" is the goal and there's a lot of it around. |
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Al |
I don't think the UK music industry is dead. I think it is just going through a change. |
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BR |
as we gather here today to discuss music and on our sister boards at RotD etc it is quite clear that the last few years have seen the death of the UK Music Industry as a vital part of the life of the average UK citizen.
Music is now background - free to be given away with Sunday papers and usually from the Golden Ages of Pop in the 60s - 90s.
The TV pop series X IDOL - FACTOR - POPSTARZ has singlehandedly killed the idea of authentic groundbreaking musical ideas being created as mass entertainment.
The charts now pass as karaoke sessions for wannabe chav like singers who clog auditions for these TV shows in their thousands after rehearsing at home with High School Music mikes from the age of 6 years old.
TV has responded by killing Top of the Pops not only weekly but now the annual Christmas show as well to be replaced by TOTP2 which is about as live as dead parrot....and as interesting.
The music channels are bought out by USA corporations who feed our kids in the UK a daily diet of teenage girls in their pants gyrating to BOOF BOOF music with lyrics to match Sun Readers IQs.
The real rockstars in the UK are now in their 50s - 60s and are either locked up as threats to society or have become "national treasures" of eccentricity.
Everywhere you look you see mediocrity. The cutting edge venues struggle valiantly against Government red tape - bigger PRS taxes to pay for Elton's flower bills and Pete and Amy's rehabs - but new musicians are tired and the price of diesel for vans has just about killed off most of them this summer.
Coldplay struggle on as well releasing an album to stem the losses from the once great EMI who gave the World the Beatles and Cliff......but the writing is on the wall.
Music is now for people on the move - it is diverse and the catalogue from the years 1960 - 2000 is constantly played through IPODs and MOBILE PHONES on the tube and bus and Gold Stations in the car....and lift.
We are the lucky ones - the ones who were part of this great era of Pop and Rock music - the golden age of creativity and rebellion. Elvis - Cliff - The Beatles - Bowie- Duran - Pistols - Ramones - Oasis - Spice Girls - Radio One - Luxembourg - World Tours - Jacko - King - and all.
But like all amazing things it cant last forever - and in the UK music has now been relegated to the Sunday Papers and from the cutting edge to Saturday Night singing competitions for amateur singers to decide who will be the next celeb.......
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this amazing industry in the last 50 years. You have created history and entertainment which will last for the duration of the human race.
For those of us who still work in music - we will find new ways to survive and make music. Knowing that mass media approval is unlikely - but knowing that we carry on a fine heritage. A worthy cause even if the glory days are gone.
So this Christmas Day raise a glass to all who helped make the UK the number one music nation in the World - and remember when the BBC reflected this with TOTP before the Queen gave her annual speech.......at least we lived to see this era - we are lucky and we are blessed. |
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