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Kadden Heart · 17th April 2008, 06:15 AM

it's a scary subject for me.
i'm 21 years old, just starting to get projects, mixing, tracking, etc...

nobdoy has the budget anymore, these little bands wanna give me $300 for 8 songs in two days ya know,...
even the big bands that dont have a big label,..it's not the same as it used to be.

there's no way to fix this,..
better music won't help, becuase "msic lovers" still will downlaod records, or burn them from a friend,.. tours are under-supported and kids don't go out to them.furthermore,..music is SO INFLUXED with bands nowadays that i can go see a show, with 6 bands, and leave going "man that was awesome"
but does anyone remember the days of seieng bands and being,,,,"touched" amazed, inspired?
not like that anymore.

the only thing we can hope for is people to start buying records again, i honestly believe that if we can crack down on ilegal downloads, and start using digital rights management (whether ethical or not) it will force people ot buy records,.. and on top of that,..here's my radical idea,.. stop playing music everywhere,...make mtv and fuse play music nonstop, only music,.. but no more phone music, jsut cut back on where we hear music,..this means radio also, they need ot stop playing hip-hop singles, and start playing a wide variety of music...

people will get in touch with the music agian,...they will love it, and will be forced ot buy the record, obviously giving more money to labels, more money to studios, and allowing the behemoth rooms to re-emerge.
,......home recoing scares me also, the all-american rejects first record was done striaght pro tools, in a little barn, and sold tons of copies, there's engineers poping up everywhere,..i mean look,..we have our own freaking forum now,..

only radical changes will bring us back to the good ole' days of music
and i for one,..am not willing to adapt and embrace the new ways, i want CD's to sell agian, i want money form labels, i want the music industry to be,.."big" again.

but there's really no way we an foresee right now,..

that's my rant,..i'm sorry if i seem out of touch, but this all just scares me.

17th April 2008, 06:15 AM	#5
Kadden Heart Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Orlando/San Fernando Valley Posts: 784	it's a scary subject for me. i'm 21 years old, just starting to get projects, mixing, tracking, etc... nobdoy has the budget anymore, these little bands wanna give me $300 for 8 songs in two days ya know,... even the big bands that dont have a big label,..it's not the same as it used to be. there's no way to fix this,.. better music won't help, becuase "msic lovers" still will downlaod records, or burn them from a friend,.. tours are under-supported and kids don't go out to them.furthermore,..music is SO INFLUXED with bands nowadays that i can go see a show, with 6 bands, and leave going "man that was awesome" but does anyone remember the days of seieng bands and being,,,,"touched" amazed, inspired? not like that anymore. the only thing we can hope for is people to start buying records again, i honestly believe that if we can crack down on ilegal downloads, and start using digital rights management (whether ethical or not) it will force people ot buy records,.. and on top of that,..here's my radical idea,.. stop playing music everywhere,...make mtv and fuse play music nonstop, only music,.. but no more phone music, jsut cut back on where we hear music,..this means radio also, they need ot stop playing hip-hop singles, and start playing a wide variety of music... people will get in touch with the music agian,...they will love it, and will be forced ot buy the record, obviously giving more money to labels, more money to studios, and allowing the behemoth rooms to re-emerge. ,......home recoing scares me also, the all-american rejects first record was done striaght pro tools, in a little barn, and sold tons of copies, there's engineers poping up everywhere,..i mean look,..we have our own freaking forum now,.. only radical changes will bring us back to the good ole' days of music and i for one,..am not willing to adapt and embrace the new ways, i want CD's to sell agian, i want money form labels, i want the music industry to be,.."big" again. but there's really no way we an foresee right now,.. that's my rant,..i'm sorry if i seem out of touch, but this all just scares me. __________________ "can we make the guitar louder,..and the snare, and kick,..and maybe the bass to, oh and the vocals, and maybe bring up the cymbals a little bit"