Simon Cowell And X Factor Are Ruining The Music Industry!
24Dash.com reports:
Simon Cowell and the X-Factor were today revealed as having the worst influence on the UK music industry, in a survey carried out by eMusic, the world’s second largest digital music service.
Over half of people questioned by eMusic about the state of UK music scene cited the ITV show and its opinionated judge as having the most negative effect on the music industry in the last 20 years.
Cowell, who has managed the likes of Sonia and 5ive, and the X-Factor, which has made amateurs like Michelle McManus, Steve Brookstein and Shane Ward famous for five minutes, were blamed for the malaise in modern popular music.
Together they beat Stock, Aitken & Waterman (16%), Steps (6%) and The Spice Girls (6%) to take the title.
In contrast, the eMusic survey acknowledged John Peel, the legendary radio DJ famed for championing independent music for 40 years and bringing to air artists such as Pink Floyd and The White Stripes, as the person who has had the most positive influence on the industry with 61% of the votes.
Peel came in ahead of Alan McGee, founder of Creation records which launched Oasis (3%), musical impresario Jools Holland (7%), and founder of Glastonbury, Micahel Eavis (6%).
Almost half of the music fans questioned by eMusic also thought that the UK’s taste in music is becoming too similar.
The rise of reality TV and manufactured music artists (72%), similarity of radio playlists (72%), and an industry driven by money not creativity (82%) were all seen as major reasons for conformity of choice.
David Pakman, CEO of eMusic, said: “The X-Factor may be entertaining television, but it does not produce important or lasting musicians.
“The moguls throwing cash behind reality-TV artists only create short-term phenomena and make it harder for truly talented acts to break through.
“The results indicate that we could be seeing a backlash against these over-hyped and over-manufactured artists. In the long run, authenticity and integrity will win the race.”
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I think we need to look at this constructively. Jamelia is a one hit wonder,who is probably very envious of LEONA LEWIS, but she to made a small splash courtesy of reality television, Steve Brookstein couldn’t get sufficient sales of his X factor album to warrant being kept on. Beyonce Knowles father was the major owner and shareholder in the collapsed bankrupt or liquidated Telestar Record company, his stable of established artists had to go elsewhere to continue with there careers. Mick Hucknell is an established artist who has no doubt been very lucky to have made the contacts he has over the years to enable his own personal success. The Conway sisters are a failed X factor act.
They all want to blame Simon Cowell. Well they are wrong.
This research article is biased as it comes from an internet based music service and the internet has had a lot to answer for in terms of free music downloading, illegal music downloading.
When comment is passed from established artists who are extremely lucky to have had careers surely they must understand that the majority of the time in which they were initially successful was short. Music industry careers are short lived. They have never been a long term prospect as music by its very nature has moved with the times and like fashion various Genres may be popular one year and not the next. Occassionally, an artist will re model themselves according to the times, i,e Madonna is a prime example of someone who will metamophasise themselves to stay at the top of her tree – others fall by the wayside. Some attempt to remodel themselves and don’t quite succeed but they still turn out CD’s some which sell well to there established fan base from generations earlier, i, e Cliff Richard.
In addition to this is the fact that we should consider the larger concept of the music business machine, the jobs that are technically orientated in marketing’ promotional’ distribution’ manufacturing’ have all accrued new and important status according to the speed of technological advances in communication systems.
All of this is a cost to the industry an essential cost, which means the pressure on selling artists is hard, it means the doors will not open easily to allow new imput of artists… hence modern day artists struggle to survive regionally, they struggle to ‘make it’ indeed if making it is something they desire to do. By what gage though are you measuring success?
Reality TV is very popular for one reason only it can ease that burden of having to do it all for yourself. You don’t have to be particularly brilliant to succeed but you must want to succeed and more than anything else you must sell CD’s. The music industry is a private one. Successful artists should at least admit the truth.
This subject exists on the main forum board if anyone wants to look at it.
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