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Harley-OIART · 25th February 2007, 05:03 AM

I am with you on that one.

To me the determining factor of wether or not a group or artist is 'manufactured' lies in the amount of salvaging done by the production team invovled. Soul can be sucked out of a recording if you eliminate all of what makes it real IMHO. To me music is about connection between artist and listener. If the Listener feels there isn't really an artist on the other end (Ashlee Simpson's Production Team Singing the Song, instead of her) then the listener / consumer may in many cases feel like they have bought into "fake" music.

Really it seems like a question of how do you take being lied to. If you find out your fav artist sucks, and is nursed by the production staff, do you get mad at the artist, production team, and genre? Or do you embrace the fact the production team was able to squeeze a half decent product out of a peice of crap?

-Scott

(You are totally right though, that in one form or another.. ALL music is Art. Just beauty remains in the eye of the beholder as they say.)

25th February 2007, 05:03 AM	#2
Harley-OIART Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,127	I am with you on that one. To me the determining factor of wether or not a group or artist is 'manufactured' lies in the amount of salvaging done by the production team invovled. Soul can be sucked out of a recording if you eliminate all of what makes it real IMHO. To me music is about connection between artist and listener. If the Listener feels there isn't really an artist on the other end (Ashlee Simpson's Production Team Singing the Song, instead of her) then the listener / consumer may in many cases feel like they have bought into "fake" music. Really it seems like a question of how do you take being lied to. If you find out your fav artist sucks, and is nursed by the production staff, do you get mad at the artist, production team, and genre? Or do you embrace the fact the production team was able to squeeze a half decent product out of a peice of crap? -Scott (You are totally right though, that in one form or another.. ALL music is Art. Just beauty remains in the eye of the beholder as they say.)