The Problems With The Music Industry Today It’s 1:15 am on Saturday, August Xth, and I lay semi-conscious in North Carolina, being pumped full of shit by the good people at MTV. Total Request Live is on and they’re playing the Number One video – Britney Spear’s “Lucky.” I’ve heard this song millions of times before (two younger sisters) but this time something went off in my head (it’s funny how that …showed first 75 words of 547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 547 total…is all about sickens me. But when somehow the awareness of girls aged 6-18 suddenly takes a dramatic increase, the nightmare is a reality, and the words “overnight” and “success” are fused together way too often. Bands produce CDs with 15 5 minute long songs that could easily be changed into on 75 minute long song without anyone noticing, and any true emotion in the music is lost. This is what is wrong with the music industry today.