Real Talk!!!

[ESRMUSIC]

There are approximately 27,000 music titles released every year. Of the 7,000 "new" titles released every year by major labels less than 10% are profitable. Major record labels sign only what they hope will sell, jumping on the latest trend and flooding the market with sound-alikes. Everything radio and video shows play sound and look like they came off an assembly line. Major record companies focus on radio-friendly and videogenic acts and unfortunately exclude new and experimental artists and genres of music. Consumers have become lazy and in turn are easily brainwashed by what they hear on the radio, see on tv and read in magazines. People need to be more educated and take a pro-active approach to music. Seek out new artists and new types of music, don't let big business influence and control what you think is good music or what you purchase. Take what you have just read and inform others of what you have learned - each one teach one. Much respect to all starving artists and independent companies, you are not forgotten and you are appreciated. Keep what you're doing and have fun making music.

 

[BaneTheTerrible]

paragraghs.....


artists dont dictate what is popular. listeners like what they like. if they are oversaturated then they move on to something else. no need to blame anyone. if you arent successful at what you are doing then you need to find a new genre of music or accept the fact that you dont have a large market.

 

[ESRMUSIC]

LOL

paragraghs.....


artists dont dictate what is popular. listeners like what they like. if they are oversaturated then they move on to something else. no need to blame anyone. if you arent successful at what you are doing then you need to find a new genre of music or accept the fact that you dont have a large market.

LOl LOL LOL

 

[inasense206]

whatever happened to making music just to make music? or to have fun? or to deliver some type of message? hip-hop/rap whatever you want to call it has lost all of its "heart" so to speak... each day the hip-hop world is getting faker and faker... i agree with e-dawg.. have fun making music...

pz

 

[Fridge]

I feel that right there, but it's also the originator's job to get that shit heard... just as the paragraph said, people are easily influenced... influence somebody today!

 

[Young E.A.S.T]

I feel that right there, but it's also the originator's job to get that shit heard... just as the paragraph said, people are easily influenced... influence somebody today!

Exactly.......it's up to the artist or the company to get himself the exposure that he needs......mofuckas is lazy nobody gets on the internet or walks around with a purpose of seeking the new hottest rapper..........it's all about how you Market yo shit.............

 

[D'struction]

everyone is jumpin in the rap game thinkin they got skills, sayin the same shit as the next dude, over those same weak ass beats... just tryin to make a quick buck. shits sad

 

[xpanther206]

Consumers have become lazy and in turn are easily brainwashed by what they hear on the radio, see on tv and read in magazines. People need to be more educated and take a pro-active approach to music. Seek out new artists

This is why the internet is a VERY VERY good thing for underground music. Promotion is cheap and has no geographic limits, and if it's underground it probably can't be bootlegged like all the majors can now.

I have the internet to thank for a tremendous amount of outstanding underground rap music from all over the country.