https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0GYUYOA7E>5:56>Art is not competitionAt what point is music about itself and when is it only about the number of fans, album sales, merch revenue, influence, chest thumping and "winning" a competition that was never there to begin with?Is it all merely sustained by people's need to been seen by others as a "winner"? How fast you play, how high your notes go, how long or short your songs are, how many different instruments you can use in a single beat or how many genres you know?
It’s pointless to ask such a question on /mu/ in 2026 where 90% of the posters are zoomers. They live for validation and status as the zenith of social media addicition.
>>129045767The whole mindset of competition in art like music stems from the externalized sense of value. If you have an innate source of creativity that doesn't rely on how many people you have to impress you usually produce good art. When it all boils down to a dick measuring contest you start to notice how extremely juvenile many musicians are.
>>129046577When you commodify your music so you can pay your bills and try to sell it like a product then it becomes formulaic. Especially pop music suffer from this. You need new trends when your profits start to drop below the acceptable threshold so you can manufacture identities for the youth. Nowadays when everything is shaped by influencers the market is even rougher.
>>129047068Agreed!Another thing is that it differs from country to country. The U.S is the biggest loudmouth/brag culture on this planet and it's not too surprising that everything in life is quantified in material possessions or how successful you are. If an "artist" is rich then clearly that translates into objective truth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVoCFagYEPA&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD>Look mom, I did it>Six-figure, man, from my bedroom>I know that it took me a while>But it was worth it to see that smile>Look mom, I did it>My dreams came true, and it's all because of youThis is so shallow it hurts.
>>129048102I don't know what's more embarrassing about that song: the fact that he wrote it and actually recorded it or that he wanted the world to know that his mother convinced him that a cookie-cutter milquetoast bootstrap life is how you should spend your hours until death when some random banker can just increase the interest rate on your mortgage and suck you dry without lifting a finger.
>>129045767he based
>>129048431It's sad. It's a pop homage to the 9-5 American "dream". Workaholic autism.
Most of those people hated nu-metal including Moby
>>129048783He chrome dome.
>>129049733When your existence revolves around showing everyone how you are a good wageslave.
>>129049994Of course they do. It does not matter if they think it sucks ass or not. The point he makes (which I've never heard other bigger "artists" mention) is that handing out awards to musicians like it's football trophies is asinine.
>>129050735He was bussin' too hard and had no cap.
>>129051415And yet you need insurance to cover basic healthcare even though you pay taxes all your life. Freedom overload.
>>129052326Even when you look at something like the Oscars it's all a facade.
>>129052929fr fr fr
>>129053497Bootstrap ethics.
>>129055034Yeah. Unnecessary bread and circus acts.
>>129060297It's what turns art into commercial vanity.
