Pablo Picasso - Three Musicians, or Musicians in Masks

Pablo Picasso-Musicians in Masks

This article is related to the Shooting stars post (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.
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fame_movie_image__2_There were a lot of discussions in this blog regarding the relationship between artists and record companies and generally how the show business works today.

In summary we have supported that the record companies restrict the artists a lot and the way the music is promoted today is different than 30 or 40 years before, more competitive but there are alternative ways for the artists.

Here I would like to give some tips of what the new artists can do in order to have their own career in music.

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burning_pianoWhat is “bad music”? Have you heard anything interesting in music from 2000 and on? What happens in the music industry of the 21st century? In order to examine how the music industry works today we will compare it with the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s after reviewing the modern society of the Western World. Music is the art of harmonic sounds as a way of expression.

Music, as a cultural achievement shows a huge development in the human history to date, therefore it could be considered as one of the most important methods of social communication. To people in many cultures, music is a part of their way of life.
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