Did the Internet Ruin or Help the Music Industry – Skrillex, Bruno Mars, OK Go, The Civil Wars, Austin City Limits, Why Artists Don’t Get Paid in Money……
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all over Los Angeles least at least
during Grammy weekend cuz everyone’s
like who is this Skrillex guy and people
are talking about I was like oh my god
he’s the most unique thing he’s had been
he’s changed how electronic music is and
it’s electronic music that you cannot
grasp or rhythm to and and anybody
listens to electronica music knows that
dubstep has been around for a while and
it didn’t originate in the United States
right it’s it’s there’s a dubstep
channel on Spotify if you like Skrillex
you should probably go listen to some
dope them I mean that’s like saying so
here’s a belly dance music pour
McDonough invented dance music that’s
that’s probably more or less like it’s
like giving your credit what we’re doing
well well let’s face now a lot of people
listen to sort of the age of 30 and they
actually think Madonna invented dance
music so let’s say there’s something a
little more broad like you know that the
blues music existed because you watch
the Looney Tunes cartoons you know blues
and jazz existed so you know very well
the black guy keys in that that’s
exactly right y’all in the Black Keys
are doing original you like yeah these
are my keys the Black Keys slack he’s
like there’s nothing there’s nothing
that the Black Keys are doing that
hasn’t been done exactly you know even
White Stripes for that matter a lot that
Y is very safe so yeah yeah
el is an awesome so he’s gonna name
fancy you guys never heard of anything
says really popular nobody’s learning
the Black Keys unless you’re really in
any music right so so I don’t know who
actually plays it oh you know what Bruno
Mars the perfect that’s like saying
Bruno Mars invented R&B you know very
well that he did not he plays a very
old-school R&B style Yeah right but you
know very well that Bruno Mars didn’t
because R&B has been around and you’ve
heard RB but unfortunately Skrillex can
take credit for dubstep because the like
dose that was pretty underground well I
don’t think he did credit for I think it
just happened I think I think people put
that on him right and he just doesn’t
correct them which is a hard tough thing
to be if you’re homeless one day and
you’re 24 obvious people like oh my god
dude you’re amazing you invented this
money
what are you doing fucking
what do you say if I walked up to the
guy working behind the counter at
McDonald’s like Jesus Christ have you
invented a hamburger oh my god the grace
mentioned here is 17 million dollars I
want you to now run 50 restaurants
across the country is the greatest
invention just because I’m too stupid to
know that this kid didn’t invent
hamburger he was making one because he
worked at McDonald I we’re kind of
belaboring the point is that parents
Calista has all these deals to produce
other records let’s do one of the
richest kids in America yeah and he’s
also hired to Bell to basically produce
in work with all these popular artists
and that’s Brett he’s not a brand right
so it’s it’s not it’s different right so
but going on this others there’s
something we left out Ok Go did present
the awards got been kind of awesome that
did kind of span over you know Skrillex
right and and one of the mundane okay
goat
said was you know hey it’s for the weird
that we’re selected to give these awards
because you know when we you know back
you know ten years ago you know
everybody in this room was the industry
right you know and with the advent of
the internet you know that really kind
of changed you know gave the power to
you know millions and millions of
millions people because it’s no longer
you know some producer or executive or
engineer made a decision to work with
somebody that gets them get simplicity
it’s now anybody can go out there and
make something and it’s the people that
hell are really allowed mates and to
really dictate what things are popular
and there’s no better example than that
fucking Friday song right there Friday
Friday all of us because this girl had
this song on YouTube and then blew up
right right okay go that’s how they made
it they made they made these really
interesting interesting cool videos that
went viral on YouTube and now they’re
giving other grants but those from
they’re still gatekeepers and huge
barriers of injury oh and there’s it’s
still heavily Boomer controlled but it’s
comparatively to ten years ago it seems
like an open playing field to everyone
in the industry right like okay go is
still it has to be pretty contrived and
a lot of money via to break something
like that right but compared to the ten
years ago okay go
and Skrillex well that’s exactly chef is
out of out of the box
it helps perpetual it’s still an
illusion that any man can do it what
must it but but it’s much better tenors
well let’s just put it this way and I
think Islands a little more than issue
that I am skillets would not exist ten
years ago they would not let the kid do
it exciting witness told his ideas act
right or they would tell you like oh wow
that’s how you doing and they would have
produced their own through Rick Rick
Rubin right and Madonna or Lady Gaga
ripped it off and suppose we’re never
gonna fucking dies
alright so the risk Felix wouldn’t heat
when he got the award from ok go so look
I was inspired by you guys because guess
what we’re very much like were very much
kin in the fact that you know if it
wasn’t for the internet we wouldn’t be
here right now
that is true that is very good Richard
um and so you know so I thought that was
so the humbleness but also making that
point it changed it because it was the
first there was a multitude of people
that went up and really kind of when
they in the pre top cast only mentioned
that man you know it wasn’t about
selling records it was about you know
the internet and you know in people
word-of-mouth getting music out there so
that they could have a career right and
one of them one of the groups that one
was the civil wars or something it’s
about civil war it’s a duet team every
country and they’re really good oh yeah
and I was great you never checked it out
but it’s really this like it really is
you know old-time music you know it’s
doable know there intend up but it
happens right name for that band by the
way yes describes it pretty well but it
has but it has soul it’s authentic and
they’re counted it is moving you know
it’s made with some emotion right and
that’s Ernie so they came out and then
they’re like and here they they flat out
said you know cuz they want also the pre
telecast they say I think all those
people that went out there and actually
ripped the CD and gave it to a friend
because like he like look where we are a
van band like we’re still indie like
we’re here we’re nominated we’re
surprised we are and we wanted to even
more overwhelming but we’re driving from
from city to city year long this guy’s
got four kids and a wife at home that’s
rarely see them because in order and
this is something that I try to explain
the people oh but when nama and I were
in college roommates together
we had a friend who is a harmonica
player in a band and he actually had a
gold record right and he traveled you
know he jam with him all the time it was
great you know blues jams whatever and
but he was on the road constantly it was
in a five or six piece band and his w2
said $40,000 it sucks so he sold you
know gold record was at 100,000 records
boats cool gold is 500 convert doesn’t
so half a million records right
traveling every day we way from his
girlfriend right I think he was up I
think it seems to married the girl and
he made $40,000 like you know and and so
you know it goes back to you the the
actual bullshit that is actual music
industry because you know the end of day
is the the artists are half the hustle
and it’s the fat cats are really in the
bacon the money it really is right and
if you a slave got some little
perspectives the artist matter how
talented they are cannot break through
to the ear so all those other people are
acting like we artist gets paid at the
fame and talent and if a man attention
break not money unfortunate truth and
I’m even saying this as an artist the
unfortunate truth is the industry is
everybody else behind us is what makes
us money and that’s it like no matter
how great you are
it’s your PR foe to the marketing guy to
the genius doing the studies and and the
guy whose foot in the millions and
billions of dollars it takes to get
through American ears now I say American
ears because in Europe people actually
if you’re listen to us in Europe you’re
like what the fuck are you talking about
I listen to music like it’s fun it’s
different in the United States where
nobody has time energy or desire to
figure out what that what they like in
America you know we don’t own our own
figure out what we like we are given
options we are told options you can
choose between a B C and D because we
culturally don’t learnings water
landings is the blunt way to say it my
polite way of saying is we culturally
don’t feel like we have time and
roadways or desire to have our own
opinions and so we would rather somebody
tell us what we like and we can and we
feel like we made a choice because we
can choose between Chris Brown and Nicki
when the Civil War so I choose one of
those therefore I made a choice it
doesn’t work that way outside of the US
so yeah I know it a lot of you are in
Sweden right now listening to this and
you’re like what what are you talking
about that you guys are insane what kind
of Nazi prison camp are you living in
but that’s America right so yeah so
which is which is always makes fun of me
as I live in Austin Texas you know
that’s one of the things we’re Austin
that has a scene it’s where you know you
kind of have it where you know every
other city that I’ve lived in I’ve lived
in a you know usually when it’s up
happening is nobody will motivate to get
off their couch to go to a show unless
somebody tells them that it’s already
good right where’s Bennett right and in
an Austin people said to get out of the
house okay it’s it’s warmer there you
know I mean if you’re in New York if
you’re in Chicago full Dolf you know
Boston you name any of those all the
major cities you know in the north right
even Seattle words freedom Rana that guy
can’t leave the gym I Jimi Hendrix had
to go to freedom Britain to make it
right right one of the best musicians
out of Seattle had to leave the country
right did Ollie get to have them to have
the people in Europe say oh dude we’ll
check you out and then he was a god that
he was amazing right people saw him the
guy from the moon was like he saw him
plays like they don’t stop playing I’m
like he’s that good and then he did not
break in Seattle because in America in
America getting off no breaks out and
it’s raining it’s cold or the fuck they
they don’t go out right there music or
not in America nobody gives a shit about
anybody we are we just don’t give a shit
unless you’re celebrity with love my
specialty unless you’ve already been
told you’re you’re you’re American
royalty which is celebrity we got rid of
a king system by leaving we have to we
still need a royal family for some
reason so we prop up uh celebrities but
I’m not even just seeing live shows
which I understand there’s a physical
pain in the ass even in America we don’t
even think about this if you’re an
American or a Canadian right now think
about this when was the last time you
even bothered to check out something new
on a free streaming site was last time
you went to last out of FM or Spotify or
anything and said or myspace which is a
free streaming site now right
and actually said even if somebody says
hey man check this out did you actually
get off your lazy pissed-off ass and
check out we don’t do it you like this
fuck dude I got fucking an American Idol
watch or I gotta eat this fucking greasy
hamburger right now he goes I was going
to say that’s a great segue he goes back
to comfort food right people move back
to their comfort where they’re
comfortable exactly and they don’t like
to go out and f-ck exactly like I don’t
want to hear new music because I’ve
already heard Nicki Minaj song on the
radio a hundred times and that’s good
enough for me I’ll get Nicki Minaj I
don’t care if my best friend what
respect says dude you need to check out
this band I don’t feel like clicking
just think about this how many times is
somebody recommended you just a like a
Facebook page I’ll have to just click
the word like and you actually throw in
a tantrum about it think about this I
know we’ve all done it and I know you’ve
done it just think about what a
douchebag you are right now and I’m
sorry we all are just complete pricks
and that’s just who we are culturally
and I’m not saying that yeah I’ll talk
down to us that’s just who we are and we
need to understand we are we are selfish
asshole pricks and that is us as America
I don’t give a shit about you you don’t
give a shit about me we are douchebags
and we celebrate the fact that we don’t
give a fucking shit well I know we don’t
eventually people come to become bubble
to the top and become the royalty but
man we love the lynchin ah there’s
nothing better than marriages to be like
oh wow we used to like you tiger why why
did you bubble to talk about me we’re
supposed to be an equal footing but that
whole bubble to the tops goes back to
the original conversation is a complete
illusion and why from a label
perspective artists get paid in that
attention that has monetary value so if
you’re making 40 grand a year for doing
all that work you’re getting late now
everybody else nobody knows about it
doesn’t give a shit about but nobody
bubbles to the top everyone there’s a
huge amount of money and effort to force
somebody into the attention of the
American public because it is a
closed-off wall an American mind is a
closed alcohol and the American flag
should say fuck you on
so let me sex all segue into every year
the the CEO president of the Recording
Academy comes out and he lectures
enjoyment he lectures he is not used
lectures you on both the pre telecast
and the telecast and what he said is
it’s very interesting because it’s kind
of an interesting segue is that you know
this is the first time I’ve ever heard
usually it’s like oh don’t steal don’t
go on don’t you know don’t use
technology you know support your artists
behind their sleep this is the first
time it’s like hey you know we all know
that we need fans we need our artists
and we need technology all of us need to
work together to figure out a way
because people that do work on this
music right need to get paid and I’m all
for that right corner you know the key
here is is the people that are actually
involved and hopefully you know with
with hopefully don’t destroy a Spotify
model hopefully you know things can
become better you know we’re you know
even this is a youtube concept where you
have the okay goes where somebody does
put some creative art out there and I
wasn’t saying that new okay go free game
video is amazing if you haven’t seen it
they take a friggin Chevy car they got
sponsored I get sponsors Chevy you know
a to music companies in his crash
whatever and they actually did this
really cool thing when they drive a car
and do a version of their song by biking
the car driving on an obstacle course
it’s but that’s the kind of stuff where
it’s you know luckily oh okay go has
very much the marketing PR like those
guys are marketing geniuses they don’t
need to hire people to go ahead and do
this for them but most artists out there
require Ages booking agents PR folks
marketing folks they need to have that
in order to break through you know
basically the yawn that is the
collective consciousness of Americans
and your stuff right so
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