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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

there’s no one in any seat of real power in the “music industry” who is a musician.

That's not strictly true. A number of popular musicians started their own labels and cultivated their own talent. Dr. Dre, Hay-Z and Beyonce, Snoop Dog, NIN, The Beetles and Rolling Stones, Eminem, Madonna, Mackelmoore...

What's really changed over time is distribution. Digital music has huge margins, but prying them out of the near monopoly of Spotify and YouTube is much harder than simply selling CD/Vinyl copies of your songs at your shows

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who could forget the infamous rapper, Hay-Z. Creater of classic albums such as "The FarmPrint, and The Dirt Album".

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Huh, coulda sworn that was Alice in chains

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago

Your thinking of another barn yard hit "The Rooster" by Alice in Overalls.