mainstream music stars focus

Many pop music stars seem to lack focus in their music, and are spending more of their efforts involved with the media/the public eye.  For example, there are not many girls in the music scene who are not attractive therefor they put a lot of focus on image rather than music.  Many cases of female artists’ worry so much about their figure that they have been diagnosed with eating disorders, which goes to show that the artists’ seemed to be more worried about looks than the music (which they are more paid to do).    These producers also make their money on various useless products that have these stars on them.  I understand that celebrities especially female ones’ are always being judged on looks by society, however the artists’ main source of income should be focused on their music.  Music is strictly auditory, it does not matter how pretty you are, but in the minds of many people image in an artist is extremely important.  This view screws up what makes music, music and shifts the focus in an undesirable direction.

Many artists that are right on the verge of making it big fall into the producers trap, which is changing their style of music.  A prime example, Fall Out Boy is a group that has completely changed their style of music due to their producers trap resulting them losing many fans that loved them prior to them making it big because of this drastic change in style of music.  This results in music being more about money than its original meaning, pleasure.  To prove this, hypothetically, a producer was to fire a famous artist the artist would stop making music resulting in Music being no longer pleasurable and strictly about money.  I do understand that this is a wide concept across the board of people being paid for what they do.  This concept is applied to many things such as pro football, basketball, hockey, or any other pro athlete.  If this genre of music is known as talented then why the hell to these musicians worry about how they look or how the media views them?  Their job is to make and perform music, and all of their efforts should go toward their music.

The general listening age of this style of music is from teens to young adults.  People often have asked how come teens do not listen to other genres of music, and listen to rap and pop religiously.  When you are a teen these artists are everywhere from TV to radio to billboards to computer, and if people have not heard of the groups you listen to then peer pressure is likely to kick in.  This age group is likely to gossip about these stars, whether it is her being pregnant, or he's in jail, or he was busted with thirty pounds of weed.  So why do producers like to make these artists’ stars?  The only reason is because it sells.  There is a simple way to help with this problem if you agree with what has been said about this issue.  Open your horizons; go out of your ordinary music taste, because you may never know what you may find.  The best artists are ones that no one has heard of, or that are hard to find.  They tend to be good because they are making music for the sole purpose of pleasure or they love it, and are not in it for money.  This encourages the musicians to better their skills to appeal to their listeners, and grow.  Ponder this…Do you think some of the most famous artists’ still go out and practice their skills aside from their songs? They are already at the top.  Do you think they want to achieve any higher if this is the case?