The music industry is killing music. That and the public's complete apathy for anything that isn't in the charts. It used to be that a reasonably good band would do well for themselves. Sell out a few tours, get a song in the top 40, make enough to retire. Today you can be constantly touring, one day you sell out a 1000 capacity venue, the next you play to 30 or 40 people. And at the end of the year you might have a few hundred pounds to split between you and the rest of the band. The cost of living has risen to the point that music is no longer valued as highly as it was. When was the last time you could buy an album for less than a fiver? Add to this the contracts that mean record labels are taking almost the entire income of an artist and there's no reason to start a band anymore.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
