Aging Rockers Appear To Be What They Used To Hate
What do Stevie Nicks and John Mellencamp have in common with Prince? Other than being formerly great artists, they are currently aging rockers who say the internet is destroying music. With their success, they have forgotten what it is like to embrace something new. They are now behaving like the fuddy-duddys they used to hate. It seems being a rock artist doesn’t quite mean being “rebellious” anymore.
To me, they’re acting like old-timers who yearn for days of yore, and who wish these internet kids would get off their porch. Seeing as how Prince lives in “Prince-world”, I can almost forgive him. He seems to live in an alternate reality. I give no such grace to Nicks and Mellencamp. The music business as they know it is fading and won’t be coming back.
The internet presents musicians with some great opportunities that didn’t exist 10 years ago. They no longer need a record conglomerate to get heard on the radio. They no longer have their creativity stifled by a record executive who likes to follow “trends”. This is the best time in decades to be an artist. You just need to recognize it.