This article is related to the Shooting starspost (the first entry in our blog section) which was focused more on the technological booming, how this has affected the mass media production and the role of globalization in music (click here for related posts). Today I will try to outline how the record label system targets its audience based on the marketing rules and how music is used by the mass media instead being an independent medium of free expression.
The last century was crucial for the evolution of music. Several styles and sub-styles were created (pop, rock, metal, rap) however is this healthy for music today? Perhaps we have gone too far with all the labels we give to the different music styles. They are certainly useful in order to categorize the different sounds and name the different ways of expression but sticking to that is unacceptable, and as I will try to show, it is one of the ways the labels use to sell as much as possible. Posted: 2 July 2009. Continue reading »
This is another song from the album “Forever Moving and Still“. It is based on inner thougts and feelings like isolation, being an outcast (proud of it but disliking it at the same time), being against the establishment and the stereotypes. A good song for those who want to break all the borders, a song for those who reject nationalism (I was borneverywhere) and discrimination. An uncomfortable song for those who stick to the same conservative ideas of country, religion, for those who feel proud because it just happened to be born somewhere, for those who believe that another person who was born a few kilometers away is necessarily less important or inferior. Continue reading »
There is no doubt that we, the artists, are called to face a tough discrimination from the rest of the community. Artists have often been considered as second class employees, the inactive and unskilled individuals usually connected with underworld societies.
The problem was mentioned in previous posts but there was no further research as the posts were focused on different subjects, thus I consider it important to examine it separately.
Some could say, those who treat the artists like unimportant human beings are only an insignificant bunch of uneducated very conservative people. Posted: 9 April 2009. Continue reading »
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