It seems like when something is successful,the industry wants wants about a 100 more of it,I’ll give you a few examples:

In the late 1950′s when you had guys like Frankie Avalon,Fabian,or Bobby Vinton,suddenly every record label had to have a Frankie,a Bobby,or a Fabian and thus the industry over saturated the market with teen idols(thank god for The British Invasion)

In the early 1960′s with the success of acts like The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean,suddenly every record label was either trying to find a surf rock act,create a surf rock act or they were trying to make the acts they already had sound surf rock and again the market was over saturated.

When The Beatles 1st became successful in England,every British label was sending A and R men to Liverpool thinking it was a gold mine for talent,in fact at that point it was safe to say if you had a “scouse”accent,you’d probably get a record contract,hell even Ringo’s old band(Rory Storm and the Hurricanes)was signed.The reality was a lot of these bands went nowhere,I think largely due to over saturation!

In 1964,when the British Invasion happened,suddenly record companies were looking for groups that either sounded British or had names that sounded British and again they proceeded to over saturate the market with British Invasion sound and look alikes!

In 1965,when the folk rock of groups like Dylan and The Byrds became successful,all of a sudden you had record companies either trying to find folk rock bands and artists or trying to make the acts they already had sound folk rock.An example of this is the American version of Rubber Soul,Capitol Records deliberately tweaked it the way they did(ie taking out songs like Drive My Car,If I Needed Someone,Nowhere Man,and What Goes On and putting in songs like I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love)because they were trying to make Rubber Soul into a folk rock album.

In the 1970′s when disco came out all of a sudden you either had labels looking for disco artists or bands or you’d have labels pressuring their already established artists to make disco related material.Like from about 1978 and 1979 when you had established rock acts like Rod Stewart,The Rolling Stones,Blondie,The Beach Boys,and ELO among others all cut disco songs.

In the 1980′s with the success of songs like Open Arms and Waiting for a Girl Like You,suddenly it seemed like every label was pressuring its acts to do a power ballad,now I have nothing against power ballads,but when it seemed like you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting one.Again,the industry is guilty if over saturating the market and people got sick of it!

In the early 1990′s,when Nirvana became successful,it seemed like every record company in America went to Seattle,hoping to find “the next Nirvana”,chances are if you were either from Seattle or wore flannel,you got a record contract and again the industry over saturated the market!

Then there were the boy bands of the late 1990′s,again the industry is guilty of over saturating the market because once The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC became successful,suddenly every label had to have their own Backstreet Boys and would go out and find guys to fit the bill!

Need I go on…

I have been told many times that I have no taste in music, because my all time favourite singer is Christina Aguilera. I don’t know what you think of that though

Most people I meet tend to think that Christina Aguilera is crap.

Emily x

PS I **** JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!!!!!!