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There is too much choice.
I look at the iTunes Charts and the preorder lists and I am regularly finding there’s really only a couple of things I like the sound of coming out or a new album by an already established band coming… most of it I’m scratching my head going “who the fuck are Travis Collins, Janelle Monáe, Billie Eilish and alt.?!”
I listen to the previews and go “I don’t like this” and move on.
Not only has the internet enabled every man and his dog access to greater opinion-to-arsehole ratio but it (more broadly technology) has also enabled musicians/artists who would otherwise be “undiscovered” to be discovered. Whether that’s a good thing, or a bad thing, I’m sure everyone has an opinion there too.
Regardless, if I likes, I listens. If I don’t like, I switch it off.
I like Royal Blood. IDGAF about the singer having a dummy spit. The Gallagher brothers have probably had more dummy spits between them than they own pairs of undies. I don’t claim to be an Oasis fan. I like some of their songs, save for the last album they released which I thought was bloody brilliant. Talk about going out with a bang sure there’ll be some who disagree, but who cares?!
Some things change, some stay the same...
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Billie Eilish has done a Bond Theme and Headlined Glastonbury. If you haven't heard of her, that's on you
As one of the billions of people who've uploaded stuff to the streaming services, I'm very aware that I'm piggy-backing on what is effectively an Ed Sheeran delivery system with my audience of several. Which is fine.
In the old days, I'd find new music by going into a record shop and reading the sleeve and if the cover looked interesting and there were musicians whose names I recognised from records I liked I might get it. It seemed to give better results than The Algorithm, tbh.
As with all these things, highly subjective. Having given a couple of her albums a good listen and seen her in concert, personally I don't get the hype.
Maybe, but in the old days, unless you were picked by some major label A&R guy, you were nonexistent. Imagine how many good or great bands just didn't made it because of that.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_imQDC4eUOjuBBRl2mBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQgllCIpqY
https://rozaliftwave.bandcamp.com/