If you have not read the previous post, I highly recommend it. Today, we will be discussing the Chinese music industry (CMI).
If you take a bad dance routine made by the KMI, and take a good dance routine produced by the CMI, I still think the KMI still created the better dance routine. I want you to go to YouTube and search the following two songs: Leehom Wang's "Dream Life" or JJ Lin's "You N Me." I would consider these dance routines to be of high quality in the CMI, but they are nowhere near the level of top level KMI dance's.
Why is there such a difference in quality of music and MV? 95% of Chinese songs are about love. And probably 70% of that 95% are about the sad side of love. Ultimately, Chinese people want to hear ballads. If you are a Chinese singer, your biggest fanbase are Chinese people. You may like electric dance music, but producing EDM will not get you any fans. To make a living, you have to make ballads. This is unfortunate for the artist, but sacrifices have to be made.
Most Chinese people use websites other than YouTube to access musics. Have you ever heard of Baidu? I'm sure only Chinese people who know about Baidu (Chinese equivalent of Google). If you are a Japanese or Korean teenager, you would not go on Baidu to search for music. You would probably use other websites. To conclude, the China does not try to make its music accessible to others, unlike the KMI.
I don't think the CMI has an issue with potential. I believe there are many artists with the potential to change how Chinese music works. The issue is whether these singers and artists are supported by capital and music industries that will allow them to transform music. Perhaps a cultural revolution is needed. Perhaps people should be more open minded to music other than ballads.
Tell me what you think needs to be done make the CMI advance.
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