Should the music industry do more to improve the moral content in song lyrics? – Part 9
Should the music industry, as a whole, be responsible for the moral content in song lyrics? To that, I say no.
Who decides what is popular in the music industry? Individual artists? They write what they want to, what they know, but a single artist is no more the entire music industry than a single cell is an entire person. Large corporations? Surely they have some influence: unsupported artists and bands are sure to fail. However, how do the corporations choose who to support? They choose what sells, what’s popular, what people want to listen to. Someone with a new sound and new ideas may be tried out. If they’re good, they become the next big thing. If not, they fall quickly to the wayside.
See, the “music industry” is not responsible for the low morality of much of today’s music. Music is a market, and, like any market, responds to the demands of the customers. Even if the music industry really wanted Kevin Federline to be successful, you couldn’t force that garbage on today’s music consumers any more than the food industry could force people to eat cow pies.
So who’s really responsible for the moral content of songs today? The music consumers need to take a collective look in the mirror. Music that gets no support is no longer produced. We need to, as a group, turn away for songs with low morals. Not only would this improve the moral quality of our music, but making this choice would improve the moral quality of ourselves as a whole.