Friday, July 6, 2012

12 Track Midwestern Mix Tape Concern

When I noticed that every band I'd grown up with's new material was starting to sound less and less interesting, I started to wonder if the creative wave of awesome that infected the music scene in the late '80's through about 1997 had been systematically vaccinated by corporate record labels and increasingly hoodwinking marketing techniques.  "Remastered Re-releases" for example. What a fucking scam, and way for a stalemate artist to take out a second mortgage on his claim to fame, while simultaneously serving as back up power generator for the inevitably blacked out and doomed major label conglomerates.  Really, the major labels slit their own throats when they got away from seeking out new and unique boutique bands with potential, to instead rest on the laurels of what had already been proven formulas for platinum selling records.  Instead of putting money into promoting interesting new music, they opted for the vehicle of Pepsi advertisements and sixty second Nissan commercials.