We all have seen what the love for music has done; it brought us together, cheered us, enlightened us, and romanticized us. It seems to not be the case anymore. The music industry has killed our music; it has deprived us from the warmth of music. It has turned our artistry into a monopoly. Although, it has brought massive amount of people together, it has also brought the destruction of uniqueness. Millions of people listen to the same thing that comes in the radio, not knowing the music they are listening too is a trend and they all sound the same. First of all, the Music Industry is a monopoly. There are three companies that own most of the radio stations in the US: EMMIS, Radio One and Clear Channel. Also, there’s four major labels that
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We all can say “Music isn’t as good as it was in my day” and I do agree, but maybe we just want people to listen to our favorite artists, so we can have something in common, because right now we are the outcast. And we can’t fit in, or maybe we are completely right, and music isn’t the same anymore, it doesn’t have the passion or poetry that it had. Perhaps it does, in my personal experience I disliked the Hip Hop artist Kendrick Lamar. He made a song called “Don’t Kill My Vibe” peaked at number 28 on the United States Billboard Hot 100, that was the first song I heard of him, the first time I heard it was at a party and thought these people just want to party and waste their life. And for the artist I hated him since. Until I gave another listen to the same song at home, it’s completely different. Lamar explains in his lyrics, that this generation just want to be famous that they drink because they’re depressed and dance because they’re hiding their feelings, but the irony is that people were dancing and drinking to that. And this shows that the masses just want a catchy hook and a nice beat, they forget about the lyrics. Or I might be all wrong, and the people in fact do know what the song is about and they’re embracing its
We all can say “Music isn’t as good as it was in my day” and I do agree, but maybe we just want people to listen to our favorite artists, so we can have something in common, because right now we are the outcast. And we can’t fit in, or maybe we are completely right, and music isn’t the same anymore, it doesn’t have the passion or poetry that it had. Perhaps it does, in my personal experience I disliked the Hip Hop artist Kendrick Lamar. He made a song called “Don’t Kill My Vibe” peaked at number 28 on the United States Billboard Hot 100, that was the first song I heard of him, the first time I heard it was at a party and thought these people just want to party and waste their life. And for the artist I hated him since. Until I gave another listen to the same song at home, it’s completely different. Lamar explains in his lyrics, that this generation just want to be famous that they drink because they’re depressed and dance because they’re hiding their feelings, but the irony is that people were dancing and drinking to that. And this shows that the masses just want a catchy hook and a nice beat, they forget about the lyrics. Or I might be all wrong, and the people in fact do know what the song is about and they’re embracing its