> Funny thing is Andy, I don't find my (OK paid) job that
soul-destroying - I did find DJing in a Britpop club increasingly so -
nothing more
soul-destroying than banging your head against a brick wall.
There you go - it's all about balance. Having to write reviews about bands
you hate rings more than a few bells with me though!
But I have no soul, I used to be a primary school teacher.
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Lawton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 12 April 2000 16:17
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: MP3 files (slightly long and diatribe-esque)
> The music industry is corrupt as fuck, it rips people off they're
> >getting it
> back a bit now.
As pointed out in 'Innumeracy', once upon a time people supported
the
'best' in their area. No one got amazingly rich, but most musicians
made
a living.
Now people buy the 'best' in the world, they get amazingly rich, and
the
rest can't force us to listen to what they want to play. 'Best'
being
entirely arbitrary - most people want entertainment, not music.
It's easy to say that 'yeah but it's all over-hyped crap like
Backstreet
Boys these days' - OK, it's true, but was it ever any different? I
doubt
people en mass were much deeper in the way they dug music in the
past
(otherwise why so many 60s one-hit wonders?).
> If it's about making money then sell your soul go and learn Perl
or
> something and get a well paid but soul-destroying computer job.
Funny thing is Andy, I don't find my (OK paid) job that
soul-destroying
- I did find DJing in a Britpop club increasingly so - nothing more
soul-destroying than banging your head against a brick wall. Or
being
forced to follow musical fashion. Or (like someone I know) having to
write reviews of bands you hate for the Melody Maker to an audience
of
14 year old nu-metal fans.
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