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Date Posted: 12:44:59 04/05/05 Tue
Author: Pam Carpenter
Subject: Re: Creating Country Music
In reply to: Kendra 's message, "Creating Country Music" on 11:22:11 04/04/05 Mon

I agree with Kendra that it is sad that music is so commericalized and has been right from the start - but isn't most of our life commericalized anyway if we really sit down and think about everything we wear, eat, and do. We're lucking today that we have so many choices that it doesn't seem as commercialized as it really is.

Today musicians and others in the music field have a history behind them - previous musicians have found that they can make music a full-time career and producers/publishers know the cycles of music (what has been popular before will be popular again - example as we talked about in class - hard core/soft shell). Back in the 1920's it wasn't that easy - people in the music industry were taking big chances with the little money they had. An example from "Creating Country Music" would be talent-scout Ralph Peer who quit his job with Okeh Records and then went to work for Victor Talking Machine Company for one dollar a year, with the one condition that Victor would let him copyright the music that the company recorded. Peer did have some money saved up, but he was still taking a big gamble and he ended up making a quarter of a million dollars in the first three months.

I do believe that authenticity is forever changing and is driven by money. It's up to us as individuals to pick and listen to music that we like. If we act as individuals (we all don't enjoy the same music) we can keep alive a wide variety of music and curb the control of commericalization in the music industry.

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Re: Creating Country Music -- Jen Stacy, 19:39:54 04/06/05 Wed
- Re: Creating Country Music -- Carolyn Phillips, 11:15:51 04/08/05 Fri