I'm Still Watching

I really think the Bullshit is hitting the fan. I’m watching former A&R people after losing their jobs try and scam unsigned artists. Maybe they are not trying to scam them(in some cases), but they are definitely trying to put their name on all of the artists’ work in exchange for a little exposure. I’m watching signed artists attempt to do a similar almost cloned concept of what their unsigned peer did years ago(and their peer talked about this kind of thing happening in their liner notes of their latest project). I’m watching These A&Rs not taking the time to even acknowledge that they should’ve gotten the milk from the cow. They’re too busy trying to keep their job. Also the fact that these industry people like power and money more than musicians and even music, is becoming more and more apparent. But what’s really screwed are these critics. How are they gonna sit back and write positive reviews about this B.S.? This is almost if not just as, worse than the times of Beethoven.

If critics don’t start doing their job, then their position in the industry will be obsolete just like how labels are becoming. Artists WILL start speaking out! Just look at Radiohead, or Frank Zappa, or Miles. Do you really think the Universe (or God for me) will sit back and let this happen for much longer? Man is eating each other up way too much and too fast. And the problem in the arts is definitely artistically showing this malfunction.

I have a rich friend who was a great visual artist. After a while he got tired of the B.S. and went to being a stock broker at an energy firm. Given his artistic mind he easily made it to the top and is quite wealthy. He still does his art when he gets a chance. Sometimes I wonder if I took that route would I be able to throw some appropriate weight around (he would more than likely give me a job). Then it struck me that this is the way many people think and that’s the very reason why shit’s fucked a little. But then it struck me that I already wrote about this in depth in my first entry on here over a year ago.

Well I don’t want to get too loopy then, I’ll be getting back to the music now. Just get it together people, we owe each other that.