That is true.
But where I suspect we differ is that I don't regard failure to adapt or the music companies failings as reason to download illegally.

I do disagree a fair bit about music companies input. Without some input, we'd spend our lives searching through utter utter dross to find even capable musicians, let alone something we liked. I don't have that time. There needs to be some form of weeding of dross. I'll happily pay just for that. How many 16-18 year old idiots did you know who thought they would be the next big thing when they could barely hold a guitar the right way up, for instance?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:32, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

a lot of those idiots are in the charts

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:33, Reply)

"The charts" are hardly the only thing that music companies promote.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:35, Reply)

I am aware of that
but I was pointing that a lot of shit comes down through the music companies anyway.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I gig quite a bit and am all too aware of how many shit bands are around who think they are the bollocks. Not us though, we know we're shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Aye, and I'm not disagreeing that the music industry needs a kick up the bracket.
watch out though for the fine line between "shit because it isn't my taste" and "actually shit because they have no musical talent" - a lot of chart stuff is former rather than latter
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:41, Reply)

that is a fine line
there are a lot of fuckers with very little musical ability around though.

The main reason I hate U2 so much is because their more recent songs sound like they have been written by children.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:45, Reply)