Comment Re:Asshats (Score 0) 550
That's the thing, fame and fortune is fleeting. Do you really think people are happy on "Where Are They Now"? No! They are washed up or narcissistic and even then their music was usually piss poor to begin with, but had just the right formula to appeal to the mass of drones that will buy/listen to it.
I'm not saying nonconformist music is the way to go, but do you really thing the RIAA really cares if I download NOFX, Pedro the Lion, or Minus the Bear? They aren't famous, but they are more enjoyable, interesting, and better than your standard rehashed major label bullshit.
Mod me flamebait or troll or whatever, but the music industry is a bunch of fucks, I've been there, signed the contract, had the CD's in Best Buy, etc. and when it was their turn to pay royalties, reimbursements, they fucking folded and took that debt with them. Now I'm 30 grand in debt. I should have recorded my own album and sold it out the back of my car. i could have bought a 6 pack and still been ahead $2.63.
I'm not saying nonconformist music is the way to go, but do you really thing the RIAA really cares if I download NOFX, Pedro the Lion, or Minus the Bear? They aren't famous, but they are more enjoyable, interesting, and better than your standard rehashed major label bullshit.
Mod me flamebait or troll or whatever, but the music industry is a bunch of fucks, I've been there, signed the contract, had the CD's in Best Buy, etc. and when it was their turn to pay royalties, reimbursements, they fucking folded and took that debt with them. Now I'm 30 grand in debt. I should have recorded my own album and sold it out the back of my car. i could have bought a 6 pack and still been ahead $2.63.
