A Mainstream Future

12Jun08

Competition in the music industry seems to be a little too cluttered to appreciate everyone’s voices, but is slowly settling into comfort as it welcomes new arrivals. There might be some resentment for artists who worked over a decade to get the notice equivalent to what American Idol facilitates for artists who are basically fresh off the street.

This could mean several different things. It could mean that the need for talent in the music industry has become severely strained, and the most talented people are not being discovered. Secondly, it could mean that artists are looking for simple ways to attain status that will get them a credible record label.

Although mainstream music has been commonly associated with pop music, current trends are changing currents of popular misc in ways not even critics can predict. Since it’s hardly imaginable that rap or rock music will ever see an end, tension between both create phenomenal possibilities.

When considering how pop music’s integration of hip-hop and punk is gaining chart-topping reception, I feel a wave of something else that music fans are searching for. On one last note, remember when it seemed all the big artists bowed down to the Jive record label? Can anyone tell me what happened to artists who stayed long enough to release a fourth, or even a third album?

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