“Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for Victoria's Secret and people don't really blink; the Beatles' songs are in all sorts of commercials these days and it doesn't seem to offend anybody. The times are changing.” PeopleIfsSeemsSongCan DoSecretBandThese DaysBobShockedDylanOld DaysBlinkVictoriaSponsorsVictoria's SecretTimes Are Changing Author:Judd Apatow
“We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore.” WarStuffBandThese DaysAnti War Author:Roger Miret
“I feel like, these days there's so much music and so many bands, that it's exciting to hear when people go through the whole process with their own sort of system of making the music. It gives it a much more personal individual feel, like unique feel, when somebody has a really idiosyncratic set-up, or they just have what might be considered strange ways of going about the process that yields results that are not just cookie-cutter sounds like everything else... and I think that can only be a positive thing.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsWholeMightIndividualProcessSoundResultsStrangeBandUniqueExcitingThese DaysYieldCookiesPositive ThingsCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Panda Bear
“Fans these days seem to almost expect a response from band-members any time they tweet or leave a comment etc.” SeemsFansBandMembersResponseThese DaysEtcCommentTweetBand Members Author:Beau Bokan
“There's no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn't be - bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.” WayShouldLittlesRealBecomingInternetBandThese DaysDownloads Author:Alan Palomo
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour