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.
The VMAs
The VMAs
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The VMAs
I still play a VAST station on Pandora, once a week
The labels were kind of evil, but they were good at putting a handful of artists with wide appeal in front of the country, and we all had something in common then, if even just a pop music act.
Now everyone with a little luck and a YouTube account can find 10k followers and be a celebrity. No more mass appeal and common experiences for us.
The labels were kind of evil, but they were good at putting a handful of artists with wide appeal in front of the country, and we all had something in common then, if even just a pop music act.
Now everyone with a little luck and a YouTube account can find 10k followers and be a celebrity. No more mass appeal and common experiences for us.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
