It's bad enough the music industry will never be the same and they (big corp) have figured out a way to profit while 99% of songwriters/artists are effectively hamstrung and kept out of the loop. Big corps are building song writer groups and are pumping out some of the worst, pretentious cookie cutter crap I've ever had the displeasure of listening to.
Country Music is under the gun for perpetuating this conveyor belt type of "music" by slapping a twang, a title and country-themed lyrics to an existing, common melody and raking in the big bucks...with a tweak here and there.
IMO this is, at the very least greed and laziness, and at most, from an artists perspective, it's the ultimate fan con game.
Now I am not knocking the songwriters fortunate enough to be a part of this. Clearly, your talents got you there. However, cutting and pasting lyrics atop a " standard, new country groove" and schlepping them out to a young, ignorant, hormone and alcohol driven, post adolescent peeps, is just sad, really.

The country music backlash is already in full effect. I am not saying anything that "traditional country artists" and their fans haven't been saying about today's Country music or the negative culture being propagated in Nashville and elsewhere due to cronyism, corporate greed......I'm just repeating what most established artists and avid country music lovers already know about this genre and showing you a little video so you can hear it for yourself.

Take a look at this video and give me your opinion. I am sure I'll hear crap for this from those who've been fortunate enough to get inside this racquet. I couldn't care less. The truth hurts....and today's country music, A SCAM.

Do yourself a favor, burn your collection of today's "country".....and get out some Hank, Merle, Willie......or even some Sturgil Simpson (a true country artist of today). But we must not support this trend.

https://www.facebook.com/djhenryfong/videos/799731893427460/

Last edited by Michael W. Brown; 05/16/15 03:51 PM.
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