Nick Slams Modern Music Industry

Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes believes it's harder for bands to break into the music industry these days, saying record labels don't "develop" acts any more.

The 45-year-old, who was a founder member of the band in the 80s, said: "Labels used to be happy to spend money on an act and develop them over two, three albums, so it gave people time to mature, to find their sound and a little security to know they were able to release another album if the first one didn't do very well."

"That's simply not the case any more. Record labels are more interested in getting an act that's already been proven to have some success on television and they don't seem to care so much about real art. I think that's hugely disappointing."

The keyboardist added that the best chance for new artists in future would be the internet and he advised them to follow their own vision.

"Don't let people start watering it down because the chances are they don't know what they're talking about and as an artist you probably do," he said.

(Metro UK - Monday, July 2, 2007)

So true. Sadly.

Yep.....sigh!!!