They're trying to trick me...

Every year I look back at what I've done, what I've learned and, more importantly, what I've listened too. Since I have managed to stale myself in my own music cess pool I've decide, this year, to rely on random clickage of websites and listening to bands. My usual method of music choice starts off with finding a new band/musician/DJ, listening to about 3 songs (which I think is a good starter) and then deciding wether or not I like them enough to give them a thorough listen to.
I then follow up by listening to an album and if I enjoy them then it continues onward to further purchasing of albums, special discs and live DVDs.

Myspace, sad as it may be, is a rather easy site to do the initial three-song-listen-too-technique as they have band profiles all over the place. But this is where I get tricked. They've managed to put the best songs on the profile, which is understandable because you want people to know your best work up front. But that doesnt give bands the excuse to showcase the "good stuff" and leave me in the lurch after I've spent hours downlo... er, spent wads of cash buying CDs. It brings me back to the whole anger issue of people spending insane amounts of money on a CD just for one song. Its like bands nowadays are encouraging it (not all, mind you, but the general boo-hoo slit my wrists bands).

What happened to bands being bands. Has glam rock poisoned the minds of so many artists that its all just a gimmick. Mozart would bitch-slap all our current musicians who wear a facade of music and go about with gimmiky stage-performances and cookie-cutter ideas. However, if I think about it, Mozart was probably a sell out in his own way too. He had to make money too, so obviously had to succumb to 'what was in'. But it doesnt stop it from being good... The same cant be said for current music, nor their way of convinving people with one song that their music is amazing.