CayocostaSeems Josh Homme picked up a bad case of anti-label-itis from his close contact with Trent Reznor, and expressed as much through a meandering rant in a recent Antiquiet interview. Likewise, Reznor took a shot at the Grammys on his site yesterday:
While the music industry is doing everything they possibly can to go out of business, can we all make sure to rid ourselves of the Grammys, too? Out of touch old men jacking each other off. ENOUGH! Have a nice day.
I mean, aren't both Homme and Reznor taking a risk here in that their efforts might be construed as no more than taking advantage of the current anti-industry climate (by stoking the fires of the free-music constituency) in an effort to further their own popularity - ironically at the expense of those future artists that will find it much harder to earn a living under the continually deteriorating market conditions they are in fact proselytizing?
Unfortunately, after having basked in the green glow of the capitalist machine for years, these guys have apparently just come to the realization that art and commerce don't go together - right, and I suppose that the premise of Rage Against The Machine was not rendered oxymoronic the moment they signed to Epic.
In any event, there's nothing stopping anyone from circumventing the label system - now that the Internet has broken their monopolies over distribution and promotion. So, gentlemen; please kill the self-righteous rhetorical hypocrisy and let things take their natural course.
1 comment:
agreed.
if they want to bitch, then they need to lead with more than words. help build alternative social networks for indie artists, producers, venues and merchandisers to overlap needs and completely circumvent major labels.
either that or shut the fuck up.
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