Do you ever get tired of flipping through channels on the radio only to hear the same songs on every station and worse yet, they all sound the same?  Have you ever thought why is good music hard to find?”  Can you remember the last time you walked into a record store to buy music?  In this current music industry climate, questions such as these are not so uncommon.  It seems as if music artists are being manufactured in cookie cutter fashion where talent is not a prerequisite.  The artistry and originality that was once present in music has not been prevalent for a while now.  Good music is still being made and real singers still exist but you just won’t always hear them on your radio or cable television music channel.

I recently had the pleasure of being a screening partner for the film Before the Music Dies which is a music documentary that explores these very same issues. It tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation.  If you recognize the deterioration of the mainstream music industry then this is a film you must see.Before the Music Dies boldly and candidly challenges the manipulative and deceptive practices of many major record labels as well as the in the bed practices of radio stations and labels.

At the heart of “Before the Music Dies are interviews with musicians, industry insiders, music critics, and fans that reveal how music has reached this moment of truth. The good is news is that the music buying public is waking up, demanding more and so are the musicians. With the huge growth of the internet, new channels are available to artists to reach their fans.  As a result “independent artists” are thriving, bringing integrity back to music and empowering themselves to take the industry back!

You can learn more about Before The Music Dies and view the trailer at their website http://www.beforethemusicdies.com.  Support this very important music documentary.