I just downloaded "Before the Music Dies" for $3.99 - will let you know what I think after I watched it - but it sounds promising.
"The Future of American Music Hangs In the Balance...
Never have so few companies controlled so much of the music played
on the radio and for sale at retail stores. At the same time, there are
more bands and more ways to discover their music than ever. Music seems
to have split in two - the homogenous corporate product that is
spoonfed to consumers and the diverse independent music that finds
devoted fans online and at clubs across the country.
BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey–ultimately, the promise that the future holds–are what makes BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES both riveting and exhilarating...."
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