Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Don Tillman <don@...> wrote:
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>    > From: "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@...>
>    > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:51:23 -0000
> 
>    > Don Tillman wrote:
>    > 
>    > > Listen to what's out there; there's very little new music of
>    > > any substance worth getting excited about.
>    > 
>    > I think that there's still a lot of great new music out there,
>    > but it's very hard to find.
> 
>


Yeah youre right, there is a shortage of "music" primarily because 
our generation is dwindling in numbers. I happen to like "Spocks 
Beard" but try finding their catalog in a store.  It's real simple, 
you do not have the record labels spending money on anything that 
sells anymore, like in the 70's.  So where do these groups go? the 
only outlet they have: the internet.  I also happen to like Peter 
Hammill, again he hasn't been with a major label in over 20 years, 
so the only way you can get his recent work is through an 
independent source via internet.  Then there is the radio market, 
yeah right.  Clear Channel dominates the airwaves and all their 
stations are formatted the same, with the same national feeds 
playing the same rotation all over the countr, BORING!.  The part 
that made FM aor stand out is that you had individual personalities 
that were given a free hand in the mix and the record labels were 
giving you more than you could listen to. So demand created supply. 
Now thanks to high tech, the well is almost dry. Ask yourself this. 
If Genesis were to go on tour(the three core members) tomorrow, do 
you think they would sell out the large venues like they did in the 
80's? I don't think so. So demand has shrunk the supply. The record 
labels merely fell victim to the times, and if it wasn't for selling 
their catalogs, they already would be just a memory. The music 
business used to be a very personal thing in every aspect and that 
too is gone, just look what Ahmet Ertigun did when he ran 
Atlantic.   Music is an art form and flourishes on creativity, and 
when you take that out of the equation, it is doomed.  So the best 
we can hope for is hanging on to what we have and hope we survive 
the next wave.  (retro) Doug M400 #703 (unsigned)