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Nice article, and I generally agree with what it says, but the problem is, is that the people in America don't necessarily even think that the music industry needs saving. Of course there are select groups of people that just get tired of it, but for the majority of Americans, and especially the American youth, the music industry is fine.
Whether or not this is an opinion that is spawned from ignorance (for, of course, how do you know there is anything better out there if you don't know ANYTHING about it), is unknown...but it may just be that the styles are too different. Since we are small...there are styles present in American music that are almost beaten in...and anything else...sounds...just wierd sometimes to the point of sounding bad. I mean, for example, how can a person, who's been trained that Beyonce and Whitney Houston are the ideal of vocalists possibly get used to Ayu's voice...or mai's, or Ai Otsuka's...
Let's not even get started on the language barrier...it's just a lost cause.
Obviously it would be hypocritical to say that there isn't anything wrong with the American music industry...but to the people who love it...why should it change? Your opinion? What does that matter, when artists are continually making millions of dollars when they release a cd, bad or not, or when people continually pay attention to the music scene...online, or through broadcasts...voting on different polls...selling out concerts...There is always someone who loves the industry...and if that one person does, you can almost guarantee it, that there are about 50 million other people who love it too.
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