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What Is The Music Industry

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Let me say first off that I hate the majority of music that is out there. The radio for one is a pointless place to find decent music because there isn't any decent music being played. I personally believe pop music is the decay of society. Let me explain what pop music really is - it's anything that appears in popular music charts basically it's what most of you are wasting your time listening to.

Someone asked me the other day if I liked country music and I had to pause and explain my answer. I do like country music but not that new country nonsense

because it isn't country. Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and George Jones is real country music. What made them different, first off their music was real no over producing, a couple of musicians doing it for the music. The second part is they're all really damn ugly, which is usually a good sign. Think about it, most of the truly talented musicians in the past are butt ugly, now some of you might be thinking hey I think Mick Jagger is good looking, No he isn't, you just like the fact that he is the lead singer of a rock band and he has a lot of cash. Never deny the fact that power and money turns us on, especially you gals, admit it!

Here is a list of good music, this isn't all of my favorite stuff it just classifies as decent honest to goodness music. All of these musicians are either incredibly talented or in some way have changed music a little bit for the better. Let me begin - Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews Band, CCR, Coldplay, Blue Rodeo, Days of the New, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Bobby Darin, No Doubt, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, The Band, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, The Clash, The Dixie Chicks, The Doors, The Guess Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Police, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.

So please for the love of god stop allowing these pop music - American Idol goofballs to pollute the airways with their crappy over produced heartless dribble. Insist on buying and listening to real music that has some sense of artistry. If at any time you're unsure with what is real music you just don't get it so please stop listening to any music at all because you my friend are directly responsible for things like Mariah Carey, Rihanna and worst of all American Idol.

What Is The Music Industry

Where has the music industry been in the past few years? Even worse, where is it headed? Every year, sales seem to keep slipping, and more artists are losing motivation. What can we do as consumers? For one, we can write articles and act to help generate a movement, and make people aware of the problem. We can also buy more CDs, especially now that certain retailers are selling for below $10. If you prefer to download digitally, that can be done as well. Throughout the article, you can find various resources which will help consumers do their part to save the music industry.

Our economy is consumer driven, and we are in quite a recession. Therefore, all types of industries are going south; music being one of the many. So the first thing we can do to help is spread the word. Why should we care about saving the music industry? For one, we don't want new artists like Soulja Boy gaining confidence in their "singing" abilities. Music is also one of our main productivity and confidence boosters. If we didn't have good music, how much tougher would it be to get things done? Lastly, most independent music artists don't rake in enough money to make a living, and they will be stuck there until they get discovered. With the current state of the music industry, it looks like we will be dealing with situations like these for a long time. Only the consumer can do something about it.

There are many places where we can go to purchase music, so don't just think that you're limited to a small amount of record stores or online shops. Here is a compiled list of some of the places where you can go to buy/sample/obtain music to help support the crippled industry.

Online Stores:

New Retail Music

www.amazon.com

www.buy.com

www.circuitcity.com

www.bestbuy.com

www.deepdiscount.com

www.barnesandnoble.com

www.tower.com

www.cduniverse.com

Sell/Buy Used Music

www.secondspin.com

www.spun.com

www.wherehouse.com

www.cashforcds.com

Digital Subscription Services/Online Music

www.itunes.com

www.rhapsody.com

www.napster.com

www.emusic.com

Other/Social Networking

www.last.fm

www.imeem.com

www.seeqpod.com

www.pandora.com

As you can see, there are so many ways that consumers can get out and support their favorite artists, or just discover new ones. As a Rhapsody subscriber, getting a very large selection of music for the price of 1 album every month is a great deal. It lets you discover new music, listen to the old classics, and even some exotic world music when you are in the mood for it. New services like Imeem and Last.fm let you connect with others who like the same music as you, and Pandora uses the Music Genome Project to find other music that you may like. So now you have no excuses not to get out there and do some good for the music industry today.

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