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Related: About this forumMust-see new video from Rick Beato: How Corruption and Greed Led to the Downfall of Rock Music
(Cross-post from Music Appreciation at https://www.democraticunderground.com/1034112804 .)
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Must-see new video from Rick Beato: How Corruption and Greed Led to the Downfall of Rock Music (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2024
OP
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and...
progressoid
Jan 2024
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progressoid
(50,748 posts)1. "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and...
From a YouTube commenter:
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Hunter S. Thompson
progressoid
(50,748 posts)2. Off-topic but I was at a thrift store about a week ago and ran across Bowie's Aladdin Sane LP. SCORE! Or so I thought
They wanted $65.00 for it.
msongs
(70,178 posts)3. digital recording helps artists cut costs...unless you are a guitar band lol
computers dont drink or do drugs.
they will play a part endlessly til its right.
one person can create all the sounds.
but it aint real music right?
highplainsdem
(52,382 posts)4. I do prefer real musicians to computers. And especially to AI.