[TheCrimson]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

This is some sort of a surprise?
yaddi yadda....

alright. ahem.
some of what you are saying is correct. however.
are you saying you're just a heartless consumer?
fair enough, it's what businesses/companies do, but the dirty side of this business really does exist. i've heard stories from some people who are actually in the know in that world. it really is the grim reality of it.
the business aspect doesn't seem fair either. it's like "oh, if you have a rival artist on your TV station, you're effed and none of our artists will be on your channel ever again".
and with this whole thing, it's sad how the people they get to be in the bands are usually not in a position to say no - they can't do anything else cause they're mostly uneducated, have a bad background, are poor etc etc.
another would be the music aspect of it.
it's so numb of originality. there's no heart put into the "music" if you can call it that. what's so great about bands that sound like another band that came out 5 minutes previously?
nothing.
ever opened a copy of a VK magazine? open it, google half the bands mentioned in that magazine. if it isn't something you already heard the month before, please, point it out to me.
and as your comment about the translation - uh, i think the dude who wrote it might've exaggerated a little bit, but 95% of that is truth.

and dear, what's a musician if he or she can't express his/herself? if you have some dude writing everything for you, you're not a real artist. they're just puppets that are there to rip every penny from your pockets.