> this, but this > music is called underground for a reason, and that's to keep > it OFF the > mainstream channels... any kind of music that blows up > generally loses its > quality. putting on flameproof suit now...
I would disagree. Its my feeling that underground just happens to exist as part of how the music was developed. To create music just to be underground seems kind of reactionary, doing the opposite of what you think the mainstream wants. Ignore mainstream, and if something you do happens to get picked up great! Its when music is MADE for the masses that it loses quality, the only way to please everyone is to not say anything, and thats what music made for mainstream tries to do. > case in point, rap. i used to love a lot of the rap that > came out (Wu Tang, > Outkast, Death Row, etc.). rap started blowing up REAL good > with No Limit > Records, the ultimate in selling out what rap is all about. > think about it. There is a lot of good hip-hop out there, not sure if you make a distinction between that and rap, some do, some don't. BUT it still exists, and its still changing. You can't look at the mainstream portion of a genre and think its a direct reflection of the entire thing. > saturation of public channels makes people sick of the music. i hope so, i honestly do. I want to see everyone so sick of the music thats out there now that they actually start making something better. > exactly what will happen to most true future fans of the > underground sound. if there is an "underground sound" then it isn't too diverse or subversive is it? thanks micah
