--- lol, your starting to see the light... the less famous the person is, chances are the better of a musician they are. Music industry = crappy music. I'll check out the band since your starting to really come around kraut, woot! ---
Heh, while I can't say I have supreme knowledge of the music industry, I will give my perspective on this.
Iceman is what I like to call "a whiney ass bitch" (I just woke up and can't think of a more suitable term). I saw alot of these kids in high school, some of them were even my friends (all the better to observe and draw knowledge of the situation from). Now I'm not sure the cause of this phenomenon, however I have a feeling the internet could have something to do with it. From what I have seen, this is how the process works:
This kid finds a band in which they think is cool, and like their music. 99.999% of the time this is an "underground" band, or in otherwords, one which is not very well known yet. If the band *is* good, they will begin to attract fans, usually through the internet/word of mouth and other small time means of advertisement.
Now how *good* a band/musician is depends on your perspective. Some people (Iceman) judge them solely based upon their musical talent. However that can only get a person so far. Whether you like it or not, you need to be an entertainer on top of being a good musician if you want to make it in the music industry. People can like your music, but if you can't entertain them while they listen to it, they are going to lose interest.
While I admit I don't know everything about the music industry, I do know that most of them are not stupid and they like to make money like the rest of us. Now what happens is one of these record companies finds out about said band, gives them a record deal, the band blows up, mtv, vh1, the whole 9 yards. This is where it gets interesting. See at some point when the band reaches famed status many of their long time, "underground" fans begin to resent them and their success, usually calling the band a "sell-out". Why? No idea. Is it their fault they became famous? Possibly, and possibly not. Ever stop to think maybe its YOUR fault? Remember those 2 friends you told about that awesome band you "discovered"? Well you don't know about the 4 friends they told, and the 3 friends their friends told, and so on and so forth. Once the cycle went through this band now has thousands of fans, you think the music industry doesn't notice that? Wrong, they do. That is how they make money, they pay attention to not only the talented, but the popular as well.
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