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The recent popularity of good bands.
KharBevNor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope
"Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group."
Wikipedia also has pretty comprehensive lists of the corporate assets of most major media companies, the major sub-labels of the big four, and a list of independent record labels judged by the crieteria of not being owned by the big four.
captainawesome:
Big 4 = RIAA.
Every record label under the RIAA is owned by the big 4 record labels, I'm fairly sure.
Also, sorry for being an ass. I apologize.
Mrs. Firefly:
--- Quote from: Patatat ---MUSIC for FUCKing
--- End quote ---
^ That is what Coldplay is.
Also, I heard an Arcade Fire song on the radio the other day, and I thought it was AWESOME. There was this whole mental double-take of, "Heey, I actually KNOW this song!" I sang along and pretended I knew how to drum.
(This is all I'm going to say on this topic, because I am OMGSOSCARED of pissing people off. I'm not being sarcastic. I like sing-alongs and twee pop.)
sp2:
--- Quote from: Kai ---I think the big four bought out some little independent labels
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A lot of them, really. And even then, there are plenty of "indie" labels that still engage in business practices that I'd consider "sellout" quality.
I don't think it is right that a band have someone else outside the band itself exert any creative control over the band. This includes producers. Many indie labels still require that someone else produce the album. I don't care if you're fucking Steve Albini, producers are all fucking scumbags. If you're not creating sound, you're not a part of the band and shouldn't have any creative control.
This is why I question the validity of holding Sub Pop (or 4AD or whatever) up as some fucking godsend. They're not. Plenty of bands sell out on "indie" labels, and plenty of bands produce their own music and maintain creative control regardless of being on a major. It's all a matter of how much the band really gives a shit about their music and how much they're willing to fight for creative control.
And I'm abrasive, not an asshole. I'm not the one saying that mainstreamers shouldn't be allowed to like my favorite bands. THAT is an asshole move.
KharBevNor:
Why are producers even necessary in this wonder age of digital technology?
I mean, lets face it, producing music is not hard. I can do a pretty good job in Audacity, I'm sure with studio equipment it shouldn't be beyond anyone who knows the first thing about music. Which one would hope you did, if you were in a band.
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