The state of the popular music industry disgusts me.
That's probably not a secret if you follow my anywhere but here. But a friend posted a link on Facebook that made me revisit this thought very strongly. It was a link to a Justin Bieber song slowed down 800%. And it actually sounds good, if you can believe it. It's also 34 minutes long. But it doesn't make me want to bash my head against the wall.
But why does this have to exist in the first place? Sure, there's always been crappy popular music. But now it seems like, to me at least, it's gone above and beyond what used to be there. When someone writes a song (and I say "write" loosely, because I seriously doubt that most of the pop stars write their own music) that uses basic times tables, or repeats the same word over and over again, there is something wrong. What happened to the music industry that made it okay to do this? That made it acceptable in the public's eye? What about those struggling musicians with actual real talent, who write their own music, put their heart and soul into their work, and get so little back for it? Why are they not the popular ones?
(They are in my books)
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