How come it seems that we cant have both...good music and good money. Today's artist seems to always start off focused, hungry and determined to make good music. Then what happens is they find commercial success....ahhhh the bloody corp monster!! Notice how the first album starts off banging, creative, intricate and the sophmore, Jr. and Sr. projects all lack those key components that made the Freshman project so good.

I know we can all think of at least two handfuls of artists that started off bomb and then over the years just lost it.

It becomes very clear to the consumer that what is more important is good money and not good music. They find the nitch to create radio hits and get paid and then to those artists...nothing else seems to matter because once again we associate wealth in this life with success....so they feel they have arrived and no longer need to stay hungry, eager, determinied, HUMBLE...

I love local, underground, true....music! Why?..because those cats are the hungriest and the truest....

YES! I want to get paid and make good money....but I will never sacrifice good music for good money!

X I L E

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