Metal Martyr » the-recording-industry http://www.metalmartyr.com Heavy Metal News, Reviews & Opinions Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Back To The Future: The State Of Heavy Metal And The Record Industry http://www.metalmartyr.com/back-to-the-future-the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/ http://www.metalmartyr.com/back-to-the-future-the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:02:57 +0000 Scott http://www.metalmartyr.com/back-to-the-future-the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/ Post from: Metal Martyr

]]> Here is an older post I wrote almost a year ago. It was about the record insustry and about all the metal/metalcore bands that are out there. My views on a lot of bands has since changed but I still feel there is so many damn metal or metalcore bands rather, that sound the same. Sure it’s a catchy, heavy mix of metal and hardcore but most of these bands wouldn’t know a real hardcore band or a hardcore way of life it it was shove up their asses. I can’t say that I know what it’s lie to grow up in the environment that a lot of real hardcore bands grew up in, but I love the music…and I hate fakes. Regardless, there are so many friggin bands out there plaguing the industry creating more scene kids and more swooped hair and it makes me sick. With that I give you this post.

The State Of Heavy Metal And The Record Industry

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]]> http://www.metalmartyr.com/back-to-the-future-the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/feed/ 0 The RIAA Are A Bunch Of Horny S.O.B.s http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-riaa-is-a-bunch-of-horny-sobs/ http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-riaa-is-a-bunch-of-horny-sobs/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:55:55 +0000 Scott http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-riaa-is-a-bunch-of-horny-sobs/ Post from: Metal Martyr

]]> riaascrew The RIAA are a bunch of horny S.O.B.s. Why? Because as usual they are trying to screw someone. This article on Ultimate Guitar goes on to say that a lot of artists managers have been complaining that the RIAA is not distributing the money they are getting from settlements to the artists like they are supposed to. The estimated amount from settlements is around 400 million, minus lawyer fees I imagine there is still a fair amount left that should be given to the artists. But as usual the RIAA and their infamous greed has yet to give any of it in compensation to the artists that they are supposed to be fighting for. Honestly, does this surprise anyone?

Some of the larger records labels say the feet dragging issue is do to the fact that they have to figure out exactly how much compensation goes to which bands that have had their right “Infringed”. How many years has this been going on?

In my personal opinion the RIAA had no concern for the artists but the damage it was doing to their own pocket. But that’s just my feeble two cents.

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]]> kissarmy Roberta over at Earsucker posted a story about Gene Simmons stating that the internet and illegal downloading has killed music. Perhaps it’s killing the music industry and record labels can’t make the money they used to by milking the bands for every cent they are worth then hanging them out to dry when they find the next big thing. Sorry “big label” boys, Those days are over. He goes on to say that there will never be another band like Kiss or The Beatles.

If anything the internet has made music thrive. It has given the little bands a chance to shine. People don’t want another epic “super band”, especially metal fans. I may be speaking for myself but we like the fact that there are a shit-load of great metal bands out there to listen to as opposed to one to five bands dominating the genre. Sure we still have Slayer, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest (just to name a few) that are still going strong and have a huge fan base, but we also have so many smaller named bands that keep out iPods filled and our heads banging. Even in the pop industry the bands don’t last long enough to be “The Next Big thing”. You see how the labels have dropped the American Idol stars. It is and always has been a vicious industry.

With more and more bands going to independent labels and even making their own labels it seems to me that the bands are taking the industry back. Recording is a lot easier these days and can often be done in home studios with technological advances, it’s too easy. With smaller labels the bands get less pressure to change their sound, often making for a better band and better records without losing the fans that made them. If your doing it because you want to make millions then your doing it for the wrong reasons in the first place. Everyone wants to get paid for their art and services but if you go into it with the mentality that your going to get rich from it then your just lying to yourself. There is a lot less money for the bands these days without the huge label support and advances but I think it helps make the bands remember where they came from and how and why they started.

Kiss got huge with a handful of great hits, a gimmick and marketing genius. Now it’s all marketing for them. Their music to them now is just another tool to sell merchandise. Gene has obviously forgotten who put him where he is. The fans. The same fans that are PAYING for Kissology after Kissology just to watch old boring interviews, repetitive video clips and songs recycled to better fit the times.

There are too many great bands out there to worry about “The Next Big Thing”.

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]]> http://www.metalmartyr.com/internet-killed-music-i-think-not/feed/ 6 The State Of Heavy Metal And The Record Industry http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/ http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:53:45 +0000 Scott http://www.metalmartyr.com/the-state-of-heavy-metal-and-the-record-industry/ Post from: Metal Martyr

]]> riaa.gifAs we all know, the record industry has taken a dive financially ever since peer to peer downloading was invented. Not as many CD’s were sold over those years and to this day it is still a problem for the industry, even though free peer to peer is not as popular or even as useful these days due to fake downloads. However the record industry has found a not so desirable solution to their dilemma.

Back in the days before the internet, it was very difficult to get your name out there and get signed. You had to go on the road and gig every small venue you could and when you hit the bigger places you could only hope there would be someone there that would have connections and put a good word in for you to a decent label. When this happened the band would often get a recording contract with a signing bonus. They would be required to do so many records and the record company would send them on tour and promote the hell out of them. Most of the time the band would not receive much money from the tours or record sales and would blow their bonus on all sorts of drugs and crap, leaving them broke and looking stupid.

When metal became big in the record industry back in the early 80’s, the record exec’s were signing bands left and right trying to milk their cash cow. Some bands made it big cause they were talented and had a good sound and some…would not. The record label would take a loss and the band would be history. It happened over and over through each of the big genres of rock in the last 30 years. Glam rock and grunge had their days and burned out quick, You still have your fans but the scene just isn’t there anymore. But there is one thing that is completely undeniable. METAL has never died! Glam rock died, grunge died, punk died but got resurrected into an even more annoying punk, BUT METAL HAS NEVER DIED. We have had our low points but never would it become an issue that metal would die out.

Now on to the solution the geniuses at the record industry came up with. Like the 80’s cash cows, the record industry has now decided that since they are not selling as many records, they will sign every crappy band that plays a power chord. Now I’m not knockin’ power chords, I am a power chord fiend. I’m just saying that they will sign just about anyone with a spark of talent. Even if that talent is not original or exciting. They sign all these bands, give them a contract but don’t give them big signing bonuses anymore. They then have to tour every crappy collaboration tour, exhausting themselves, just to make another crappy record to fulfill their contract and fizzle out after a few years.

What I’m getting to is this: Too many bands get signed too easily. Polluting the airwaves and cable tv shows with their garbage, cookie cutter sound of blast beats, noodling guitars and wanna-be death metal vocals. And on top of all of that, a new sub-genre starts every two minutes because of this crap. Perhaps this phase will burn out after a few years. The dust will settle and the bands with the best sound and talent will still be standing in the ashes of this sh*t-storm. We can only hope…

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