Off Topic Foredeckdave's Music Thread!

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I know it's easy to sound like a nostalgic old git, but I think the media influences what is available a lot more now than in the past. Could you imagine something like Island or Stiff records starting up now, they would need Simon Cowell's permission!

I think the fact there is so much by the way of technology so everything goes "viral" that it is a lot easier to manipulate what is fed to the public (christ! I sound like Sisu on a conspiracy theory trip)
 
I know it's easy to sound like a nostalgic old git, but I think the media influences what is available a lot more now than in the past. Could you imagine something like Island or Stiff records starting up now, they would need Simon Cowell's permission!

I think the fact there is so much by the way of technology so everything goes "viral" that it is a lot easier to manipulate what is fed to the public (christ! I sound like Sisu on a conspiracy theory trip)

Now there I do agree with you. Given that ostensibly it should be far easier to 'get your music out there' than it was in our day, control has truly returned to the 'packagers'.