TheCapitalClinic

Positive thinking is where I am but I wonder if it is a reflection of my disappointment with the hip hop industry becoming more degrading (in my humble opinion) with the use of the N word and B and just the misogony of women. It comes to a point for me where I turn it off. That is why I said, "No Hip Hop 4 Me."

The artists can do what they like but I will not consume it any of it that hurts my sanity. I have been playing more jazz lately and African music. I am also gearing towards music of foreign languages.

Maybe my tastes are just not in commercial music.

Further with the social networking and music, is there a true dialogue with the artists?! I am witnessing that the artists are truly in a turmoil in their heart with what is going on with the RIAA and many other issues.

Further, many people are just MAD. I have no idea what I am doing to allow some artists I have adored to reach out to me.

Maybe because I am respectful of their art?!

Maybe because they realize I understand that the music industry is ripping them off?!

Maybe because I have a little bit an impression as a blogger on the websites that they are on?!

Now, I am getting requests to critique and write up reviews at iTunes and even on their websites!?

[but may I please preview the album in full 4 free on your website before I decide to buy it?! I am seriously going B-R-O-K-E in buying so much GREAT music]

Though I have my degree in English Literature, I never have been trained in music writing and this is just a hobby for me.

If musicians and their fan bases can truly connect and have honest dialogues with one another, the revolution will be televised as Gil Scott Heron so eloquently stated (poor dude is having some bad times. He is not well physically 4 he has AIDS) =(. I just found this link Why does this exist? Now this is truly a privacy concern for me: http://www.nndb.com/lists/050/000083798/

2-0-0-8 will be great if some artists will open up about what they really want to establish with their fan base and in this new phase of the industry. I can "see" it but maybe I need to be around some others who can school me of what they "see" too.

I am a music fan and realist who is concerned about the future of music.

So I speak only in that light. Musicians get inspired by someone or something or combination of the two. Musicians reach out to their fan base for inspiration... and hopefully, the inspiration turns into fan enthusiasm to help them buy food, put a roof over their head, place clothes on their back, and get transportation money for their next gig.

That business model has not changed since the beginning of time, nor do I feel will ever change.

At the end of the day, regardless of genre, an artist wants to get paid, it is the ultimate sign of recognition. Hip Hop musical lyrics may get the brunt of sensationalizing that more than any genre.

Artists are getting ripped off by the industry and their fans each day. That is a matter of fact.

So unless the psyche of the artists change where it is all about the art of producing music for free vs. providing something of substance for a monetary reward, the present state of the music industry will demise as we all know it.

Think about this quandary.... Why are the Labels and the Artists suing their fans for "downloading" their music for free. Isn't it a sign of flattery that a "fan" loves your music so much to risk a penalty or prosecution. It just validates that music is never going to be free.

Everything has a cost. Unless an artist can find some other way of generating capital to support their distribution of music, there will always be this tension between the fan and the artist and the label. Artist try to hide behind the labels and blame the labels for stealing from them.... quit whining and try to raise the capital to distribute your music. Your fans deserve this... and you should feel humbled that someone appreciates the message from your art.

Hopefully, FUZZ has started this revolution.