Are Factory Produced 'Artists' and Auto Toners Destroying the Music Industry

The music industry has had its ups and downs, from the highly publicized antics by some of the performers, to the near mindless hive drone mentality that drives the masses to obsess over some of its stars. With the 90s boom in manufactured bands and artists, to the new millennium auto tuners, are we losing sight of what good quality music should be?

Music, due to its interpreted value to the listener, has lead to a very large number of genres and sub-genres ranging from the eclectic blues of the early 1920's-1940's to the cult-like followings of early pop music like the Beatles to the rap and hip hop of the early 80's and 90's. Music fans can pretty much find something they enjoy. But are there artists and performers worthy of our attention and praise?

There is too much value assigned to artists and performers in certain circumstances that is definitely not warranted. Does a singer who only performs factory written songs deserve to be called a quality artist. Do people that can't sing and use an auto-toner qualify as good singers. The short answer is no, Mass media advertising and what is essentially propaganda continues to influence young impressionable minds (and those older people who are just as impressionable) to purchase music just because the company that produced it claims it to be good.

There are plenty of scandals involving performers and lip-syncing are they quality, are they worth listening to if they can't even sing 'their' own songs? I don't think so, just because someone wrote some good lyrics and you can auto-tone a catchy viral song in a sound lab does not qualify you as a good artist. More and more artists are turning into these mindless talentless money grubbing zombies and it really is unacceptable. You rarely see indie bands that can't perform there stuff live, why is that cause they actually worked hard and made something wonderful. If the big music dogs ever come to this realization they will make even more money than ever before, since people will know their artists aren't auto-tuned talentless hacks, otherwise the industry is going to continue to spiral down in self destruction as quality becomes scarcer and scarcer.