In these days, the music industry is just a corrupted mess of high level producer and so called music analysts that only take into account the music that the general public wants to hear.  What ever happened to old days where making an album was an art.  The way in which the songs were listed on an album was thought through, and where the albums were bought by the public, instead of torrenting music. In the golden days of the music industry, back in the 70’s, the albums were what made money for the artist, and the tours were to support the album.  In some cases, like Led Zeppelin, they actually lost money on every single tour.  Nowadays, the tours are the artists only chance to make money.  At their concerts, they can have outrageous ticket prices, as well as lots of CD and merchandise sales.  Out of everything that can make money for an artist, the music is actually the least valuable.

            I think this is a great disappointment. It’s so hard to have talented musicians who can find the kind of representation that enable him/her to play what they want to play, and still be able to make money and be successful.  As everyone has heard, there are so many stories of artist who had such bright futures, and the industry completely took ownership of their music and completely changed who they were as an artist.  It’s almost as though they succumbed to the money and industry.  I respect people who can do their own thing independently, and have the ability to do stand up to an industry that’s so corrupt and manipulative.

            I have worries for my future, because I’m going to music school and planning on making a life in music. Of course I’m looking forward to playing music for the rest of my life, but it’s a tough career.  There’s no guarantee that I’ll have any success at all, and even if I did, I’d have to deal with all the drama of an industry that would probably try to change my music. Sometimes it’s hard to think of going in to a life that’s going to be so hard, but my love for music makes it all worth it.  It’s just another thing people have to deal with in order to spend their lives doing what they want.