[weegee]

There is good music out there. And many festivals have many bands that are “known” by different undergrounds but none get on commercial radio, MTV, Rolling Stoned, People, The Tonight Show, or Saturday Night Live and none will ever be written about in Rolling Stone’s Rock and Roll HOF.

I hear the mainstays and their collection agencies complaining about digital downloads far more than the blacklisted indie acts.

Then again Frank Sintara hated BMI, Sun Records, and an indie artist named Elvis too because it changed the musical focus of the industry.

[r9etb]

There is good music out there. And many festivals have many bands that are “known” by different undergrounds but none get on commercial radio, MTV, Rolling Stoned, People, The Tonight Show, or Saturday Night Live and none will ever be written about in Rolling Stone’s Rock and Roll HOF.

And, interestingly, it is those folks who will benefit most from internet distribution. For all I know it's already out there somewhere ... but I can easily see the advent of a "YouTune" type industry where good, self-produced music can bubble to the top for cheap.

[dmz]

I agree. There is a ton of good music being produced these days. Just like you don’t look for the MSM for news, don’t look at the record companies for music.

I highly recommend Richard Taylor’s absolutely excellent podcasts (download from his site - http://www.rrradio.com/)about once a month. Hour long roots rock show. Great stuff, and no, I’m not Richard (but he is engineering and producing my band’s cd).