Why are musicians much less productive than they were in the 60s and 70s? For example, Led Zeppelin released 4 albums in three years, Bob Dylan 8 albums in six years, Black Sabbath 5 in four years and During Deep Purple's first eight years in existence they released 10 albums.
Are musicians lazier today? Are they more perfectionists today than they were back in the day? Do they have to do more by themselves instead of having the record label do it for them?
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Musicians nowadays make their money off of touring since the record labels since the '80s have basically screwed just about every artist out of making a decent living through selling albums exclusively. Most musicians are either busy touring most of the year and spend more time actually writing/producing their music. Also people seem to get a lot more fatigued if the same artists do annual releases.
It's because record companies were basically slave masters back then.
the drugs got worse
this, today you don't make money on albums but on concerts
>For example, Led Zeppelin released 4 albums in three years,
lot of stolen riffs
>Bob Dylan 8 albums in six years,
half of it was literally just one mic, one guitar 3 chords and reading lyrics off some drug addled notebook. his consistency is nothingness
>reading lyrics off some drug addled notebook. his consistency is nothingness
that's no way to talk about a nobel-price winning author
The Who released 5 albums in five years
Uriah Heep released 12 albums in eight years
The Doors released 8 albums in six years
The cost of producing albums went up and starting in the 80s, bands also began shooting music videos which was more time and expense. It wasn't possible to have an annual album anymore. Bands (at least big ones) started doing three year tours and the record label would also slowly release the singles from the album over the course of that three years. For example with The Black Album, Enter Sandman was released in summer 91 around the same time the album hit stores, but Sad But True wasn't released as a single until 93.
>King Gizzard
> 5 albums 1 year
>Thee Oh Sees
>6 albums 4 years
i prefer the way it goes now
>Buckethead
>One million album in 20 years
the 60s can't keep up
>King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Best example of quantity before quality.
Totally agree, but the point still stands. I suppose we could analyse whether artists should take more time to perfect their releases with more curation but this post is about frequency of releases
Prince wanted to release more albums more frequently but Warner Bros blocked it so he protested (and also realised what it means to not own your masters).
Steely Dan (RIP Walter) were planning to make more records after their comeback in 2000 but realised there's no money in album sales and became a touring band. (Donald Fagen has released a couple more solo albums thankfully).
>lil b
>900 songs in 3 years
How will boomers keep up
You forgot to mention piracy
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>Buckethead is an American musician, predominantly a guitarist. The following is a discography of works by Buckethead, which currently consists of 306 studio albums (including 275 in the Pike Series), 1 live album, 4 special releases, 1 extended play, 5 demo tapes, 3 solo DVD video releases, 2 DVD video releases with Cornbugs, 3 music videos, 3 unreleased albums, 3 solo videography releases, and 16 videography releases with other artists.
So basically he releases every single shit he comes up with?
i was talking to someone in a shitty lamestream band (sunflower bean). he said they had tons of music but the label only allows them to release shit incrementally. liek they had stuff recorded but had to wait 2 years or something before it could be released. its all marketing and giving space to other artists the label is also marketing.
Bull of Heaven released over 300 albums in five years, so I guess music is saved now.