if the music industry was run by musicians - how different would it be to today?

[7empest]

So no business is involved basically

[Adam16121]

Music would probably be less recycled. The average person doesn’t realize when they are hearing the same song, over and over again, with minor variations. But it would also be more experimental and less accessible for the average person to understand.

[ryu38]

rock/heavy metal paradise.

[7empest]

v true ^^

[jimmybobjim]

I don't understand the premise. You think musicians aren't involved in business?

You seem to be under the misconception that musicians and business exist in two separate worlds.

Musicians like eating and having roofs over their heads too. And some of them like being appreciated for their work and all the fame and accolades that go with that.

I think your premise should be restated along the lines of like "What would music look like if musicians didn't have to worry about financial aspects AND gave 0 fuks about what other people thought about their work."

But that's just not very realistic.

[7empest]

I don't understand the premise. You think musicians aren't involved in business?

You seem to be under the misconception that musicians and business exist in two separate worlds.

Musicians like eating and having roofs over their heads too. And some of them like being appreciated for their work and all the fame and accolades that go with that.

I think your premise should be restated along the lines of like "What would music look like if musicians didn't have to worry about financial aspects AND gave 0 fuks about what other people thought about their work."

But that's just not very realistic.

i mean what if the people at the top of the music industry (and has the say in the mainstream etc) were musicians

[Procta]

music would be way better, more intelligent better evolution

[jimmybobjim]

i mean what if the people at the top of the music industry (and has the say in the mainstream etc) were musicians

Yea but they'd still want to make money and please critics right? I think a lot of great musicians were/are really good businessmen too. Maybe there's a small subset of musicians who are totally autistic about business/financial matters and were basically your typical autist savants who only cared about the music and none of the earthly temptations... But most musicians are regular humans IMO.

[FoulSmell]

Honestly, musicians would fuk it up. Yeah, they would put out good music, but they wouldn’t have a clue as to how to get it out to the masses.
Customers would have to listen to 100s of trash “artists” and 1000s of songs to find a good one.

[viccruise420]

Musicians are mostly drug addict fuk ups who aren't capable of managing themselves responsibly