Dave Grohl has a theory about why music sales are declining, and it’s a pretty good one.
He says that piracy and downloading can’t be the only contributing factor — and that the quality of music and the talent of the musician plays a huge role. Basically, music these days kinda sucks!
“It’s the music. People are blown away that Adele is selling so many records. I’m not. That record is great! She’s got a beautiful voice, and people are shocked when they hear actual talent.
“Music should be more than ad placement, more than synthesised looping of a voice that’s been Auto-Tuned and an image made to look like a superhero or supermodel.”
He also thinks his band is doing better than ever, especially for live shows:
“We walk on stage with five instruments and no computers. It might not sound perfect, but we├óΓé¼Γäóll rip your face off, and we don├óΓé¼Γäót need someone to hit ├óΓé¼╦£go├óΓé¼Γäó on the computer. The band├óΓé¼Γäós better than we├óΓé¼Γäóve ever been. We don├óΓé¼Γäót have bad shows. We kill it every night.├óΓé¼┬¥
We totally agree that Adele is destroying numbers left and right because of her pure, amazing talent. She isn’t some marketed brand. She’s just up there with a microphone and her voice.
And we loved your latest album, Dave, and we’re glad to hear that you feel in top form!
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