Use Your Crystal Ball

[john]

 

 

Hi Gang

 

I'm not expecting expertise, just looking for qualified opinions... about TRENDS within the music industry, in 1 year, in 5 years, and in 10 years.

 

It is your opportunity to share your opinion, along with an explanation of what leads you to that opinion. Be sensible, be silly, be adventurous, or be conservative...

 

Potential subjects to include:

• individual artists
• bands
• genres
• technology
• individual songs
• even hairstyles, clothing, or dance trends

 

Try to include:

• what will be trending up
• what will be trending down
• what will be recovering
• what is past its peak
• what will be dominating
• what will be disappearing

 

If reality is too boring, feel free to be inventive!

 

Cheers

 

John

[VoiceEx]

Its a shame that this topic is limited to the music industry. Though sure. I suppose its time to unleash my inner Nostradamus, and make a prediction about the future of music! Or, a version of it anyway 😅

 

For you see, my crystal ball is telling me, that,

 

1 year from now, due to the advances in technology, most trend/clout chasing musicians will practically abandon generating music, in favor of generating videos. This will also apply to other forms of art. Generated videos will be the new kid on the block for quite some time. It will be a paradigm shift that will cause ripples within all artistic avenues, as well as the entertainment industry.

 

This will also be a time where big business and labels will begin picking up even more draconian practices, hoping that technology will provide them with ways to strengthen their hold on the music market. Ultimately reaching a conclusion, in true supervillain fashion:

 

"..The human population will always prefer human content. Unfortunately for us. But therein lies the solution to our problem. For if you can't sway them or buy them, than you could simply.. swarm them. Until there is nothing left. Give them what they want. Indefinitely.."

 

And 5 years from now, they will begin holding artists accountable, not only through amassing debt, but also through binding the artist to a contract that gives the label permission to process and manufacture an unlimited amount of virtual versions of the artist.

 

This means that, by signing the contract, you will be relinquishing ownership over your: Physical likeness, your identity, your personality, and your voice (etc). Entirely. In addition, you will also be providing them with unlimited access to your online data, medical records (of all kinds), along with legal permission to sell/use/distribute all the different versions of you, as many times as they want, whenever they want, to whoever they want, and hoever they see fit.

 

In other words:

Not owning your masters will be the least of your concerns. To put that in perspective, while your busy paying off the debt you have accumulated from the production of your album, your clones could assigned to work different products or different places entirely.

 

For example, one clone of you could be streaming. Another could be making rounds on social media. Some clones might even have entire sub 'branches' of themselves, all working within the adult entertainment industry.

 

You will be everywhere, all at once. They sky is the limit! And while this would indeed be a dystopia like no other, at least big business will be booming, am I right?! 😅

 

10 years from now, most, if not all independent artists, as a way to combat the clone infestation, will have shifted their attention to operating through virtual hubs exclusively. For those would be the only free spaces left where running an independent operation would be cost effective.

 

And at this point, they would be relying on technology for practically all the heavy lifting. And instead of promoting live concerts and real merch, they would promote virtual concerts and digital merch. All the while, relying heavily on turning a profit from their own Web Series. Which, at this point in time, everyone will have one of their own.

 

".. the day that music died" indeed 😷👍

Edited September 7 by VoiceEx