Chaundon already has a few posts. Among them, a topic about wavering "fandom" (Drake has fair-weather fans). I was thinking about something similar earlier.
And this isn't a rebuttal or anything like that. Just something that's been sitting in my head...
In this day and age where information and opinion is at the touch of your phone, and readily available to all PR and research types, (and even more as a fan of music period) I think it's NEEDED for people to voice their opinion. It's a checks and balances type of thing. I think about all of the terrible music that I receive DAILY in the inbox. And all of the terrible music there was on the shelves in '09. I'm grateful that there has only been this much. If there weren't individuals online expressing their displeasure in half ass efforts, then imagine the beaucoup loads of mp3 spam that we could be getting.
There are recording artists who will make songs filled with derogatory statements about anybody who has an opinion (especially bloggers), but after they finished that same recording session, guess where they are sending these tracks to get their buzz? Guess where they are getting their responses for album cuts? Guess where their labels are spending dollars on advertisements? Guess who they want to buy their records? They read these sites daily.
I'd like to think that only fans have such deep emotions about their music. Fans like good music...and if they hear something that they don't like, they will tell SOMEBODY. Doing it "anonymously" makes it easier. Fans have discussions about music all of the time. And the same technology which has allowed opinion makers to display their 2 cents, has afforded artists who are of "not the highest caliber" to make and send you their music. Nobody was bombarded with so much subpar music to talk about 5 or 10 years ago. People send ANYTHING to you now. No matter if it's terrible or not. Subpar acts calling their music classic. And calling their selves great. I'm sorry, there's enough feedback on the net to show that artist A and artist B are not great. I thought by 2009, artists would have embraced it all and used it to their advantage. The smart ones do.
* shrugs * I still think most of it is an act. At the very least, you can guarantee that I'll be one of those guys voicing his opinion about the best and worst out there. So the next artist who has a problem with your valid opinion on the bs that they call their music, tell 'em "f 'em!" How is somebody gonna tell you to buy their stuff and it's wack, but you should buy it anyway because you are a fan? And in the same breath tell you that if you don't like it, don't say anything. That's an employee, a slave, a yes-man...not a fan. Keep it 100.
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