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Before the Music Dies: How to Create a Sexy Pop Star
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| jbooty |
| this is awesome!! the rest of the movie is pretty sweet too... |
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| Loignite |
I'll just pretend all the voices in my favorite vocal trance songs are real. Kirsty Hawkshaw in Outsiders and It's a Fine Day, and uh... can't forget Dreaming Of You by Thrillseekers (whoever sings this.) And Satellite, and the beautiful voice of Jennifer Renee in Wouldn't Change a Thing. Well, I guess it's still beautiful even if it's not her real voice.
Man... I can see it now, just like we have the "100% real fruit juice!" labels, we'll soon be seeing, "100% real human vocals!" Which of course means it's actually 10% real fruit juice and 90% water (which isn't fake fruit juice... damn labels.) |
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| jbooty |
| quote: | Originally posted by Loignite
Man... I can see it now, just like we have the "100% real fruit juice!" labels, we'll soon be seeing, "100% real human vocals!" Which of course means it's actually 10% real fruit juice and 90% water (which isn't fake fruit juice... damn labels.) |
You gotta love the minute maid lemonade that contains 0% juice... How on earth can they call that lemonade?
But I guess with technology these days you can turn nothing into anything :D
Seriously though, it's no wonder all these pop stars have to lip synch their live performances... It's not so much about the music anymore as it is about driving a McLaren SLR, not wearing panties, and mixing coke, oxy and booze. I still maintain that Paris Hilton releasing an album is a sign that the end of the world is coming.... :sadgreen: |
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| jbooty |
And actually that's one of the things that makes the electronica scene so great... with the exception of a handful of high profile "DJs", it is very much a meritocracy. If you suck, your name doesn't get out and you don't become popular.
The people that we pay money to go see are people who earn our respect. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Technology is partly to blame, but there is another principle at work, too:
| quote: | The promoters will just as happily push Hanson as Bob Dylan, Spice Girls as Aretha Franklin: they are completely agnostic on the quality front. They are the mechanism through which it's more profitable for the labels to churn through new and manufactured artists (Spice Girls, Britney Spears, 'N Sync, Dixie Chicks- it applies to all genres) than it is to build extended careers and trade off the capacity for an artist to develop a reputation that drives continued sales. In effect, the record labels cannot afford to build artist careers anymore. They can only afford to milk the current promotional mechanism.
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What is more interesting is investigating trends in what they're doing, as well as the merits of the actual artists- and here, too, there are striking discoveries. At the very top of this page is the top ten artist careers of commercial importance- yet #3 is Hollywood Movie soundtracks, which actually outweighs Elvis, and #5 is Broadway shows. What is going on here? One word. Convergence.
There are good reasons for Hollywood soundtracks to get much attention from the music industry- the labels can try to ride on the promotional budgets of the motion picture industry, there's again no need for artist career development, the whole thing can be written off as work for hire quite plausibly- all in all, it makes sense. What is startling is the sheer scope of this activity. It is amazing just how heavily Hollywood treads in this area, and the consequences to musicians attempting to maintain careers in the mainstream music industry against the odds are very ominous. Hollywood is bigger than Elvis- no working artist can hope to compete for shelf space with this manifestation of convergence. Of the top 5 artist careers ever, not only does Hollywood outweigh every other 'artist' but Zeppelin and The Beatles, every single actual band in the top 5 is dead. Hollywood has never been more alive in the music industry.
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So the strategy is to create a new "artist," fill the distribution channels with a huge number of copies of "their" newest album. Repeat if profitable. Abandon it all the moment it looks like things are taking a downturn. |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by jbooty
If you suck, your name doesn't get out and you don't become popular.
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Sadly though, the pop theory applies to ALL genres of music...edm included. I know PLENTY of djs that are popular but are quite horrible. |
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| jbooty |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
Sadly though, the pop theory applies to ALL genres of music...edm included. I know PLENTY of djs that are popular but are quite horrible. |
Yeah good point.... it seems like its getting worse and worse every day....
But at least there are still real musicians out there in our genres that maintain popularity |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| So, is there any way to keep the frauds out, or at least limit their numbers? |
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