The VMAs
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:16 am
Last night I was visiting with my 14 year old middle daughter and she was watching the VMAs waiting for Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo to show up. (If you want street cred, I can tell you what songs from those two you should know. All my daughters' friend think I'm the shit because I can name some Swift songs.)
We saw some names I knew like Shakira (she looks fantastic), and...that might have been it.
However, almost everyone else I not only did not recognize, I had never heard of them. I felt better though as I would ask my daughter who people were and she didn't know either.
I think the music industry has gotten far too oversaturated. Making music has gotten too easy because 90% of the acts don't play instruments anymore. Thus, there are way, way too many artists considered names that are really just niche. It's like if VAST had showed up on the red carpet. Sure, Gordon and I would know who that is, and maybe some of you would recognize the name because of us, but the majority of the audience has no fucking idea.
We saw some names I knew like Shakira (she looks fantastic), and...that might have been it.
However, almost everyone else I not only did not recognize, I had never heard of them. I felt better though as I would ask my daughter who people were and she didn't know either.
I think the music industry has gotten far too oversaturated. Making music has gotten too easy because 90% of the acts don't play instruments anymore. Thus, there are way, way too many artists considered names that are really just niche. It's like if VAST had showed up on the red carpet. Sure, Gordon and I would know who that is, and maybe some of you would recognize the name because of us, but the majority of the audience has no fucking idea.