Friday, April 14, 2006

 

Year of Music

Well, it looks like it's finally going to be a good time in history for music once again. With new albums from Tool (May 2nd), Pearl Jam (May 2nd), Rob Zombie (March 28th), Live ("Songs from the Black Mountain" June 13th), Queensrÿche ("Operation Mindcrime II"), Rammstein ("Rosenrot") and Deftones (September), this is going to be a good year for rock bands.

We had a spurt late last year with Korn coming out with their latest.

Anyway, I am excited about this year's selection of bands releasing material. It's funny that the music industry is scrambling to find an answer why album sales are down. It's not because of illegal downloading...it's because you put out crap! They should realize the whole industry jumped the shark once they started focusing on image, rather than sounds to sell music.

If Aerosmith or the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin came out today, no major label would touch them because they couldn't slap their mugs onto a t-shirt and cereal box to sell their image. I can see the execs meeting now, "Come on, these guys are ugly! How are we supposed to sell that?" "Uh, have you listened to them?" "No, I haven't, but look at these guys, Mick and this Tyler fellow have lips bigger than a Volkswagon!". "I'm not signing them!".

I digress...just frustration. If you don't look hot or cute in a pair of jeans & a wind machine, then you're not going to get heard. God bless the internet, I say. It's a way for bands to get their music HEARD, not seen!


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