I wonder how many bands tell their record company these days no...you may not edit our music. Pretty sure the record companies hand the bands the songs now...lol. Great story!!
I wonder how many bands tell their record company these days no...you may not edit our music. Pretty sure the record companies hand the bands the songs now...lol. Great story!!
I'm sure you are right. That's why I pretty much quit paying much attention in the '80's. Of course the producers and record companies have always exerted influence (re: the payola scandals of the late 50's), but it "turned the corner" around the 80's and popular music became just a product created, for the most part, by focus groups for maximum profit above "the art". A few major artists have tried, both successfully and more not, to buck the trend, Tom Petty being a well-known example.
I'm sure you are right. That's why I pretty much quit paying much attention in the '80's. Of course the producers and record companies have always exerted influence (re: the payola scandals of the late 50's), but it "turned the corner" around the 80's and popular music became just a product created, for the most part, by focus groups for maximum profit above "the art". A few major artists have tried, both successfully and more not, to buck the trend, Tom Petty being a well-known example.
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