I miss the old days of the music industry when…

• Back in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s, the A&R guy would just walk into a bar room and sign a rock band to a major label if he likes their music. Today, it isn’t like that anymore. These days you must have a profesional demo package and an agent to send to a major label if you want a deal. It’s very difficult to any unsigned band and artist to get a record deal of their dreams because these record companies are very greedy and have so much power up their ass. These days they will only sign you if you’re mainstream material. Sad.
• MTV used to be nothing but music videos in the 80’s and early 90’s…today MTV is just garbage. All stupid reality shows and stupid late night video countdown shit.
• Napster used to be free of downloading music. When Napster “used” to be free of downloading songs from the internet, I used to have Napster back then and I used to download a shitload of songs. Man, I miss those days. Thanks to Lars and Metallica who took that away from us.
• Music used to be real in the past…these days music is fake manufactured shit. Bands and artists being put together by the industry. Boy bands and rap artists who don’t have actual talent and lip synching live on stage when their “fans” fail to see the truth that most boy bands and rappers are fake. I am also including some of today’s rock bands that are also fake and manufactured (examples: the Jonas Brothers, Nickelback, Korn, etc.)
• Myspace wasn’t around to take over the music industry. Myspace is destroying the music industry as it already is.
• 90’s grunge rock was around…I miss the old days of grunge rock…Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, etc. Aaaaahhh, I miss those days terribly. The only surviving grunge band that is still together is obviously Pearl Jam. Alice In Chains came back with a new singer though.
• The RIAA wasn’t around. They too are destroying the music industry.
• People were buying CD’s. People don’t buy CD’s at record stores anymore, these days people downloading payable songs from Itunes and other paying download sites.
• Music used to be good in the older days. I hate most of today’s music. I can’t stand the hype of most of today’s artists: The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Britney, Madonna, etc. They’re all talentless and so fake. The only time I “will” like a band or artist in today’s industry if a band that I liked for a long time came out with a new album like Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Ac/Dc, U2, etc. Other than that, most of today’s music is such garbage which is why I prefer to listen to unsigned and indie bands these days.

That’s all I can think of, feel free to continue down the list.

Kev