Over the past few weeks I’ve started to become increasingly frustrated that the music business seems to be obsessed with the likes of Justin Bieber and Lady GaGa, when so many bands who work hard and stick to their guns never seem to get the recognition they deserve.
I was chatting to my friend Andy during my rather long coffee break this morning, who is the lovely bassist for the rock band Failsafe (check them out www.myspace.com/failsafemusic) and we got talking about how the trends on the music scene are as interchangeable as the weather these days.
It got me thinking, do you need a stylist and some off the wall marketing technique to be able to make it in the music business these days?
We’ve always knows trends can be quite a fickle thing, what with shoulder pads, neon and dressing like your nan did when she was younger being in and out of fashion more times than I care to remember, but why is it so often the case with modern music?
After hearing the news that my friends in Elias Last Day have called it a day following years of hard work trying to dig their way into the industry, it really frustrated me to know that the bands who really deserve it, really work their nuts off, I mean REALLY work hard lose out to people who dress how Vogue says they should with one hit wonders.
Granted, there are labels out there who give boys like ELD and many of the other Hardcore / Alternative bands a shot, but after pouring bucket loads of their own time, money and heart into making a name for themselves, why don’t they just enter The X Factor and be done with it?
Frankly because half of the bands out there struggling to make their dreams a reality would get laughed out of the X Factor auditions, and I don’t just mean unknown local bands either – if Kids In Glass Houses or The Blackout had strolled up to Simon Cowell, do you think he would have given them a shot? Probably not.
The sad thing these days is that music has become an extention of the fashion industry. You go to a festival and there are celebrities tottering around in £100 dresses with ridiculous footwear, more concerned about the way they look than the epic line-ups on the bill. Why should they get a stage side view, when all they give a damn about is looking great in Heat / NME’s coverage of the festival?
Musical trends come and go just like fashions, and those artists out there who stick to their guns just don’t get the respect they deserve, so I cant make you a success story and I can’t make you a Twitter Trending Topic, but if you’re in a band and you want me to take a listen, post a link to a YouTube video below and I’ll give you a listen.
Crisis to fashion industry. Some points that, at present, tomographic division a fashion costly style, it is typical of the economic recession.
Luxury brand has been called himself in depression in the market is the most resistant “fall” goods in this time, but also under the influence of financial crisis unavoidably will feel a chill. The Wall Street journal reported that an investment business call yacht company, ask whether he had ordered the cancellation of the $25 million. In Britain, due to the customers and senior British custom fashion producer hadi, Mr Amis is on the brink of bankruptcy.
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The famous British designer hadi, Mr Amis founded with famous brand with the “blue blood”, Mr Amis I British queen Elizabeth ii royal tailor for decades.
In 1945, Mr Amis created this one brand is brownstone, ms making high fashion. In 1951, the 25-year-old princess Elizabeth first try Mr Amis service system, to visit Canada function requirement of clothing. Since then, the queen in Mr Amis clothing nearly half a century. For Mr Amis, queen awarded him the jazz, issue royal supply licenses. London’s Victoria and beauty of museum and library director Ed wiener, fashion he said: “Mr Amis can let customer looks great… he understood through the British social.
Mr Amis in America, his success in advanced customization fashion design with Paris advanced customization fashion.
But the custom customers a shrinking. Although Mr Amis design still classic, but recalls incapably.if the overall situation. Mr Amis 2002 retire from companies, died in 2003. London fashion institute of central st martins college instructor alistair o ‘neil said: “Mr Amis filled with personality strength, when he died, the company also has a part to go with him.”
In recent years, the hardy, Mr Amis company successive losses. April, with hearty, Mr Amis company shares, 49% rafe brand Co., LTD. Is a hearty, Mr Amis company funding £1.5 million. But late September, “said Ralph already unable to provide essential help.” Hadi, Mr Amis predicament.
Hadi, Mr Amis fate is not case, in the global economic recession, many luxury brand garment in silently adjustment strategy. Excessive of Paris sunset, five big brands under the disguise of splendid fashion potential crisis.
Some analysts believe that at present, fashion face awkward. Harper American magazine editor-in-chief glen da bailey accept ap reporter to interview: “history when people experience difficulties, fashion will always show the costly side. Everyone wants to dream.”
The guardian, a British newspaper reported, there have been some fashion brands and store difficulties. Most affected are closely linked with the housing retailers, including curtain in the mall and distributors into a brand MissSixty etc.
These images, which are summarized by economists “potato famine, the phenomenon of” : the great depression, the demand and price but potatoes. “Because when demand and consumption reduction, the first cut is luxury and high-grade product, but the necessities and inexpensive products demand but rise.”
According to the world fashion nets (strong) icxo.com) reported: the pet dog is already raised in modern society is widespread phenomenon, but today the pet dog owners have not focus on how to match the pet dog food, they began to dogs are buying all kinds of garments and perfume.
Angel entertainment clothing company (will) is a Fancy Angels’ carnival costume suppliers, British since 1840, the company will supply to the domestic market during the carnival in various outfits. In pet dogs clothing best-selling, angel entertainment companies have begun to vigorously costume design, manufacturing, now the dog clothing company has launched many modelling novel dog clothing. The company spokesperson jokingly said: “now, British people love dogs passion has surpassed the lover, so the company of clothing market prospect of dog is.
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According to the spokeswoman, initially to dogs wear clothing from America, but since the rise of “fashion” was introduced after Britain, the pet dog owners and become mad today almost every to holiday before the master for dogs to acquire new clothes. But with American, British different grade of people don’t like to chase too weird clothes, most of the pet dog owners like to buy the film hero clothing. According to the statistics, the current British dog clothing market “superman” most popular clothing.
Currently, the British market a pet dog in the garment price £10 to 20 pounds. The dog store managers remind consumer to say, pet dog owners do not to save money for his dog, because buy second-hand clothing is not willing to dogs.
In addition to the dogs buy clothes, British people are popular to sprinkle perfume, and pet the dog’s special perfume manufacturer was born in England. After a period of development, the British market types of dog perfume has very much, the personage inside course of study introduces, said the British people use perfume, ledebouriana schleche, France spike gooseberry, Tunisia Orange Book flower, leaf, violet mimosa plant production dog perfume. Currently, the London pet supplies shop a bottle of perfume, the average price of dog for $80.
Today in Milan, hundreds, maybe thousands, of Italians are canonizing why America is the best country ever. Two words: Abercrombie; Fitch.
Daily Candy joins the Gilt Groupe accumulation with Swirl, its own members-only e-commerce site, set to barrage next month. We’re traveling to boutique our way out of this recession if it’s the endure affair we do!
Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2010 face is accounted to be Lara Stone, which agency the Dutch amusement is demography over the crimson from Madonna . It’s a monogrammed mantle, and it comes with tasseled clogs.
Just in case you’ve been addled by bazaar tabloids, Mary-Kate Olsen and Nate Lowman are not engaged. Although it did complete like an clumsily nice proposal.