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Does music industry really represent everyone?

Publié le 15/05/2024

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« Does music industry really represent everyone? Have you ever watched a Grammy ceremony? Well, we did, and guess what we noticed.

Music industry really suffers from inequalities.

Indeed, music industry like many other industries has historically been white male dominated.

However, some progress in the recent years has been made towards gender equality and black community.

Which brings us to this major question: nowadays does music industry really represent everyone? In that article we will be responding to that question. First, the music industry is a vast field that encompasses a wide range of jobs and genres of music.

It includes musicians, producers sound engineers, music executives, and many others who work together to create, record, and distribute music.

One thing is sure it is not only about the singer, Mister X has recently been interviewed and deliver a speech on that subject: “Music isn’t just a person who writes and sings songs to please the audience, it’s way more then that.

It takes a lot of time and people to create a good song.

I know for sure that I would never have made it without my producer, my sound engineers and all the people I work with every day.

So, let’s just not forget about them, in fact when you thank me for my lovely songs, you should be thanking them!”.

This testimony just shows perfectly how large the music industry is.

It also covers all types of music, from pop and rock to classic and jazz. There are enough genres for everyone’s taste! Many ceremonies exist in the music industry, like the MTV Video Music Awards, but by far the most famous one is the Grammy Awards ceremony.

These ceremonies are made to celebrate the achievement of so many singers and musicians.

Yet more and more people noticed that these ceremonies rewarded in an inequal way the artists. Unfortunately, since the first nomination of a black American woman in 1959, there have been many instances of inequalities and racial bias in the music industry, particularly towards the black community.

Black musicians and other industry professionals have often been marginalized, underrepresented, and underpaid compared to their white counterparts.

This has been seen in the lack of diversity in award nominations and winners, the underrepresentation of black executives and producers.

Additionally, there have been instances of miscategorization, where black musicians are often pigeonholed into certain genres or styles of music, limiting their opportunities for success in other areas.

The perfect example is the pop genre, many black artists make great pop songs but are miscategorized and the music industry judges that their songs belong to the urban category.

The racial bias is letting less chances for the black community to succeed in the music field.

For our article, a black anonymous singer accepted to testify on his experience in the music industry: “Some people will think that it’s pure jealousy others will understand me.

I’m just here to say that for us the road to success.... »

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