Mar 23, 2016
The music industry is a mythologized and storied aspect of American culture. Many of us grow up and think at some point in our lives that we could be a famous singer or musician or in a band, if even only for a minute, no matter how untalented or undisciplined. And that daydream of success and stardom is patently absurd, manufactured by an industry designed to promote itself above all else. I see the process of curating and cultural gatekeeping as the crux of independent music as a cultural force today, across all levels of the industry. Getting your work promoted or reviewed is increasingly difficult in a digital landscape of oversaturation.
The Rumpus Interview with William Cusick.