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dd36 | 8 months ago

Musicians used to not let their songs be used in commercials.

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whstl|8 months ago

For music I blame poptimism.

An entire generation of critics tried to appeal to a new market and money suddenly became synonymous with quality.

Naturally artists stopped caring about authenticity, sharing their beliefs. And also about the critics.

Just as music was replaced by reality shows in MTV, music journalism was entirely replaced by gossip and tabloids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockism_and_poptimism

ajmurmann|8 months ago

They also used to have income from selling records.