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From my years of experience in the retail side of music as a commodity, the record comapnies influenced the store managers by offering good deals and fringe benefits on certain records. in australia at least the record charts are not influenced by the people are listening to but to how many units the stores buy and not how many the public buy. so for a musician to create something that is market specific and not from there soul is somewhat abhorent to me. i think the artist has the responsibily to make the music that cleanses and enlightens their own soul, and if that music is liked by others then that is brilliant, also if the music is liked only by the artist that is also brilliant. to me it is a cathartic ritual and not making about making money from it, although it would be nice to make a reasonable living out of making music.
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