Homz Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 State of the Music Business- by John Mellencamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 That's (sadly) an extremely accurate assessment of the state of music biz FWIW - more incite here regarding the Music biz today with Rick Derringer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Mellencamp is a smart guy. I grew up in Kansas, so I've been keenly aware of the values and plight of the farmers all my life. I was a fan of his before he got "famous" and watched as he became a celebrity instead of a musician. I watched as his Farm Aid work turned into Socialist activism. I finally heard enough of his sh!t in the nineties, and he was one of the key musicians that made me snap. I've boycotted him, Raitt, Springsteen, Browne, Fogerty, Henley, REO and the others who forgot where they came from. I stopped buying their music and refuse to attend their shows. They will not be empowered with MY dollars to say the stupid sh!t they say. Still, I admit he's a smart guy and I loved his early music. Human Wheels is the last thing I bought from him. So it remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Meh...I don't think Mellancamp is all that smart and I really don't care what he says or thinks...I stopped listening to his music after David Grissom stopped playing guitar for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyH Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I read the article with interest. There are a lot of logical fallacies in the writing, and it seems a bit over-analyzed. Not credible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Meh...I don't think Mellancamp is all that smart and I really don't care what he says or thinks...I stopped listening to his music after David Grissom stopped playing guitar for him... Yeah, then I met Grissom at a Storyville show. What a great bunch of guys, except for Grissom - he was a colossal ***. Double disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 I like his politics more then I like his music. Being from Indiana you get beat to death with John's music. Seems every other song on the radio is by him. I met him once. He was a nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 HE makes some good points, but he's not right on the mark. Record Companies have definitley lost focus. They would rather sell to the largest demographic than all the demographics. The problem with that approach is you end up Flooding the largest Demographic and starving the rest. The rest ,of course, make up a larger peice of the pie than the one Demographic thats over targeted. Music is art, not a Numbers Game. The record companies treat their product like it's just one of the things you buy in Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Music today is a product, not music. There will never be another Aretha Franlkin. Jaw dropping talent with average looks. We have Madonna. Marketing wizardry with absolutely nothing else. P Diddy makes me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I stopped listening to his music after David Grissom stopped playing guitar for him... +1 on that. The only Mellencamp I ever liked was with Grissom - what a great guitar player. I don't listen to (or not listen to) a musician based on his or her politics. I base that decision only his or her music, and Grissom made Mellencamp's music much more enjoyable for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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