Re: [ARSCLIST] OK - Does Anyone Know More About This?

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From Jeffrey Kane: "...The major music empires have eaten their
> own for quite some time now. They're now reaping what they've sown in the
> form of formulaic lather-rinse-repeat one hit wonders that last perhaps two
> albums and then go 'poof'..."
> 
> The problem is that "the major music empires" weren't who brought us all of
> that great music in the first place. There have always been "bought and paid
> for" one hit wonders but there used to also be a parallel track of the good
> stuff. They earned their audience and fame performing in local and regional
> venues until the size of their following caught the attention of the
> managers and record labels who invested in taking them national and
> international. 
> I don't think it's right to gripe about the musical major leagues when we've
> failed to support the minor leagues that produced most of America's great
> music.
> 
Here, a hearty "AMEN!!!" Oshawa, although a city of 200,000, has maybe a
dozen, at most, live-music venues...and, sadly, many of those feature
either "tribute bands" ("We can play all the tunes of <band> in exact
note-for-note form [just like the records, eh?!]...so, if you missed
them, come see US!)...or one/two-member act who sing (and, sometimes,
play guitar...) over an electronic backing track...or, fancier "karaoke"...?)
or young teenage rocker-wannabes whose main qualification is that they 
will gladly work for $3.55 for their whole set, expecting to be discovered
by a "major label" at a gig anytime soon...or, finally, once-well-known
groups who are still travelling (usually with one, at most, original
member...) and playing to the nostalgia-ridden at quite impressive
ticket prices!

FEH!

Steven C. Barr