How Do People NOT Know This About Pop Music?
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- KVRian
- 1106 posts since 8 Mar, 2025
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- KVRAF
- 12185 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
This just in: water is wet.
Rick must be bored or something, this is some Captain Obvious s*** here. Pop music has been manufactured by labels and teams for decades now. Hell, I've even done ghostwriting for a few (very, very small-time) labels and artists. If the general public knows this, they obviously don't care because it's a formula that works very well for the "industry" - yes, manufacturing artists to sell songs is a business aimed at maximizing profits and not some philanthropic exercise in bringing joy to people's lives via original music. I'm sure those songwriters are more aware of this than we are and are happy to see their names in the credits and on those paychecks. Not every musician or songwriter wants to be a Sabrina Carpenter. I sure as hell wouldn't.
On a somewhat related topic, why aren't people up in arms about cover bands? I mean, those greedy bastards don't write original music and are making a living off the backs of the "real" artists (that were manufactured by their record labels). Or, what about those violinists, pianists, and opera singers who get so much credit for performing music made by composers who died centuries ago (and also stole their ideas from other composers)? What's so original about that? Yes, I'm being somewhat facetious to drive home a point - how much purism do we expect from artists? For me personally, hey if Taylor Swift and her label are receiving a fresh new shipment of cash every day from selling a product that millions of fans around the world want to buy, more power to her...and her team.
Rick must be bored or something, this is some Captain Obvious s*** here. Pop music has been manufactured by labels and teams for decades now. Hell, I've even done ghostwriting for a few (very, very small-time) labels and artists. If the general public knows this, they obviously don't care because it's a formula that works very well for the "industry" - yes, manufacturing artists to sell songs is a business aimed at maximizing profits and not some philanthropic exercise in bringing joy to people's lives via original music. I'm sure those songwriters are more aware of this than we are and are happy to see their names in the credits and on those paychecks. Not every musician or songwriter wants to be a Sabrina Carpenter. I sure as hell wouldn't.
On a somewhat related topic, why aren't people up in arms about cover bands? I mean, those greedy bastards don't write original music and are making a living off the backs of the "real" artists (that were manufactured by their record labels). Or, what about those violinists, pianists, and opera singers who get so much credit for performing music made by composers who died centuries ago (and also stole their ideas from other composers)? What's so original about that? Yes, I'm being somewhat facetious to drive home a point - how much purism do we expect from artists? For me personally, hey if Taylor Swift and her label are receiving a fresh new shipment of cash every day from selling a product that millions of fans around the world want to buy, more power to her...and her team.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111275 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
the monkees were what? eff you rick, i dont believer, homecoming queee eeen you 
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- addled muppet weed
- 111275 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
old lego hair says the same thing every video "old good, new bad!"
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1106 posts since 8 Mar, 2025
Zappa wrote for them, that must of been surreal.vurt wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:06 pm the monkees were what? eff you rick, i dont believer, homecoming queee eeen you
Can you imagine Davy Jones saying "Hey Frank, I don't feel you're writing with my voice"
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- KVRAF
- 6374 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
Sounds like practically every other Rick Beato video then.cryophonik wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:04 pm Rick must be bored or something, this is some Captain Obvious s*** here.
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- KVRAF
- 13741 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
I thought he was...Bunny_boy wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:12 pm Can't he pull one of those idiotic faces in the video cover screen? I thought it was mandatory
(could just be me)I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
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- KVRAF
- 16735 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
Come to Wisconsin and smell our dairy air!
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- KVRAF
- 7160 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
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- addled muppet weed
- 111275 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
he appeared in "head"
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- KVRAF
- 1699 posts since 7 Dec, 2017
They cut a lot of cheese in Wisconsin
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- KVRAF
- 4088 posts since 27 Aug, 2004
People actually don't know this for many reasons, including that they don't want to know.
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