Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The Industry is Responsible

I was curious about the teaser for this article, which implied that the "music industry" was responsible for a death so I clicked the link and got to the article - http://mixmag.net/feature/the-music-industry-should-be-held-accountable-for-aviciis-death-heres-why - only to read this nonsense:

On April 20, EDM superstar Avicii — real name Tim Bergling — died in Oman at the age of 28. Feverish speculation ensued. Had Bergling died of health problems related to his history of pancreatitis, following his well-documented struggle with alcoholism? The truth was even sadder. On April 24, Bergling’s family seemed to confirm what many had feared: Bergling had committed suicide.

I am not a bigwig in the music industry, but from my time writing music reviews for various websites, including dailyvault.com, I guess I consider myself a member of the music industry, but I, in not the slightest of ways, feel any responsibility for Avicii's suicide in Oman!

Yet, there I was, scrolling through the article, skimming paragraphs and skipping others if the first sentence didn't drag me to the second and then to the third, etc. Sometimes, oversized graphics with huge font text would force me to pause reading the actual article, such as when I came to this part of the page:
Someone had to have creativity and a mind unlike mine to think that plopping this giant graphic between paragraphs in the article was a good idea. True, the graphic demands the reader's attention. However, I can safely say that my mind would have vetoed the idea as being 'not good' and I wouldn't have made that choice.

That all said, I have the following conclusions:
  1. I've never heard Avicii's music
  2. I've no desire to listen to Avicii's music
  3. I've no desire to seek Avicii's music out on youtube.com
  4. I hope Avicii's family finds peace as they try to figure out why their family member is dead

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