During an interview with Brudne Brzmienie, Drowning Pool guitarist C.J. Pierce opened up about the music industry. According to him, “the music business has not been fair to [the band] in any way, shape or form.”
Pierce said the following when asked about fans placing more value on access than ownership:
“On that subject like that, it’s a love-hate relationship with it. I mean, it’s awesome to have the means to get everything out, and everybody can see everything. It’s all tangible. You can get to anybody’s music no matter how big or how small you are; if you look, you can find everything. So I love that. But I did love the idea of the album, a literal record is tangible, a CD is tangible, something they can hand you, something you can sign and you have it and get in that moment where you put it in and you’re listening to your favorite band. I love those moments, ’cause now you can just flip through 20,000 artists and 20 songs in 20 minutes. I don’t know if you could soak in the full art and idea of a song ’cause you’re not sitting there concentrating as much as, like, ‘Oh, I like this part. I like that.’ It’s just a whole another world, man, to see.
It’s never been a fair game, and I play music because I’m passionate about it. I think if anybody’s watching this conversation, they know that. But there’s [a need for musicians to make] money. We all have to pay bills and [pay for] electricity and whatever. But it’s just wild to me. We have [sold], like, seven million records total maybe, with all our records, including the [debut] ‘Sinner’ record, and I’m in a rental car and a rental house, ’cause the music business has not been fair to us in any way, shape or form, man. It’s been wild. But I can’t walk around with that kind of frustration and hate, ’cause it’s gonna take away from just me, who I am, writing a song, although some songs may have reflected that in the past, deeper tracks. I mean, it’s an ever-evolving thing, so it’s never a dull moment. So I’m always curious to see what happens next. So it’s just life. So I’m enjoying the ride.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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