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Originally posted by Jules
..."For every 100 well-programmed, well-produced pop/R&B/rap/house music productions that I see here that will get on the airwaves, I'd love to see even one stellar live performance artist or band. That is the breed of artist we just don't see around here much anymore." |
...and there is the problem. Anything we can do to give the artist an incentive to be a great musician brings us a step closer to great music again. Things like editing drum tracks, autotune and flying lead vocals into choruses just don't help the issue. We can produce and engineer our asses off, if the source (artist/song) is not great the final product will not be great either. We are looking at a long education process for new artists: no, I can't fix your vocal track after singing it once; yes, 8 hours a day of band practice for at least six month will make for a better record. As mentioned above, the (big) labels won't do artist development anymore, so it might be up to us in the trenches to deal with that. I'm a firm believer that a great artist with great songs WILL be successful in the long run.
