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>I share the sentiments of many who wish to hear more >of the traditional easy listening music in radio >formats and elsewhere. There just doesn't seem to be >much support for it anymore (listening or financial >that I know about). It seems to me that if one is not >willing to create and release music that is popular by >"today's standards", they are basically swimming >upstream. Simply put, it doesn't seem to me that >music publishers and record labels will bother >releasing music that doesn't sound like anything at >the top of the charts or in the top 40 anymore. >That's just how the music business operates today in >my estimation. And from my own personal experience as >an independent composer, you really can't blame them. >There are not too many people who will invest >thousands of dollars into a project to end up falling >on their face. > >As a matter of fact, I don't think any song was ever >considered to be popular just because it sounded good. > That may have been part of the equation, but not the >total reason for its popularity. My guess is that >songs were always considered popular based on the >amount of sales and income they generated. > >And the reason that we will keep hearing the same ole >stuff all the time year end and year out by different >artists (independent and major) is simply because it >SELLS. That's not bad in and of itself, that's just >business. And if there isn't much financial support >for an indy music release where one attempts to >modernize a past music style such as I have done, >believe me you probably won't be hearing much music if >any from those artists/composers in the future. > >I didn't mean to get too longwinded with this >discussion. I was fortunate enough to get my songs on >some of the major digital music download services. >It's only a matter of time to see how the financial >support goes for that. My answer to those who want to >hear something different in the music world: get out >the old cassettes, vinyl records and cd's and listen >to them (1900's). It really doesn't get any better >(relative to being touched and able to relate to the >song).

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