I think that mainstream music should mostly be affected by piracy but I'm still amazed how many albums these pop artists sell. I can't believe anyone is going to a store to buy tiny tempah or Adele, even though they apparently sell millions of albums. Pop music is shallow so I expect its fans to be shallow in their effort to obtain it. Pop music is designed for radio instant gratification. The process of illegally downloading an album is for the sake of instant gratification. It's quick and free.
Would you be surprised to know that the bands in the genre of music I listen to (rock/metal) release the odd lp/ep on vinyl? Vinyl has a fanbase but more importantly the bands and artists have a loyal fanbase. Pop music is becoming more and more manufactured ( digatlly constructed ear candy nonsense/dubstep) and it is losing its musical integrity by the day...
But on the other side of things, bands within other genres such as hardcore, rock, metal, are cultivating their following and constantly earning respect because of the sincere effort and artwork presented in their product. The fanbase of these bands is full of people who believe in these artists and support them by buying their CD/mp3's.These people buy tickets to the shows and demonstrate loyalty by doing so. There is a real depth of unity in these scenes and the record sales prove it.
"No you said pop music is shallow so you expect the fans to be". So people who like pop music are all shallow people. How does liking a genre of music make someone shallow?
Do you think pirating music is really that big of a deal?
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I think that mainstream music should mostly be affected by piracy but I'm still amazed how many albums these pop artists sell. I can't believe anyone is going to a store to buy tiny tempah or Adele, even though they apparently sell millions of albums. Pop music is shallow so I expect its fans to be shallow in their effort to obtain it. Pop music is designed for radio instant gratification. The process of illegally downloading an album is for the sake of instant gratification. It's quick and free.
Would you be surprised to know that the bands in the genre of music I listen to (rock/metal) release the odd lp/ep on vinyl? Vinyl has a fanbase but more importantly the bands and artists have a loyal fanbase. Pop music is becoming more and more manufactured ( digatlly constructed ear candy nonsense/dubstep) and it is losing its musical integrity by the day...
But on the other side of things, bands within other genres such as hardcore, rock, metal, are cultivating their following and constantly earning respect because of the sincere effort and artwork presented in their product. The fanbase of these bands is full of people who believe in these artists and support them by buying their CD/mp3's.These people buy tickets to the shows and demonstrate loyalty by doing so. There is a real depth of unity in these scenes and the record sales prove it.
Music is thriving underground.
I should know, I own a record label.
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So we are shallow for liking music?
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I think you are shallow for misinterpreting the arguement and asking a silly question to challenge my statement.
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"No you said pop music is shallow so you expect the fans to be". So people who like pop music are all shallow people. How does liking a genre of music make someone shallow?
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I said I expect its fans to be shallow in the way they obtain it. There's a difference.
It's pretty shallow of the people who upload and leak stuff anyway.
Stop being a troll