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http://www.musicrooms.net/urban/16924-ne-yo-music-industry-has-become-shallow.html
Ne-Yo says music today is “shallow, hollow and thin”.
The R&B musician is one of America’s most talented stars, having stormed the international charts with his own records as well as those he wrote for singers such as Rihanna.
Ne-Yo says he isn’t impressed with the majority of music people make nowadays, because he feels stars are more concerned with making music than creating an original sound.
"People's reasons for making music have changed. I remember a time when people made music for the sheer joy of it. Nowadays people are just trying to make money and you can hear it. Everything sounds the same: it's shallow, hollow and thin,” he told British newspaper The Independent.
Ne-Yo was quick to point out that he isn’t that kind of musician, adding, “I take the time... "
Just last year the talented singer/songwriter had been hired by the now-deceased pop superstar Michael Jackson to work on his new album. Apparently Michael wanted the hits to have a supernatural quality.
"Michael told me the songs had to be magical. 'Magical' was a word that kept coming up,” explained Ne-Yo.
The 30-year-old star was honoured to receive recognition from the pop icon, who was one of his ultimate idols - although he says he’s now at a loss about what to do with the songs he wrote. Ne-Yo fears that if he releases them as a tribute, people may accuse him of profiting from Michael’s untimely death.
“He chose about ten of my songs for his new album. But I don't know what to do with them now. I'm afraid that if I make a tribute record people will think I'm cashing in on my idol," he lamented.
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God bless...
Ne-Yo says music today is “shallow, hollow and thin”.
The R&B musician is one of America’s most talented stars, having stormed the international charts with his own records as well as those he wrote for singers such as Rihanna.
Ne-Yo says he isn’t impressed with the majority of music people make nowadays, because he feels stars are more concerned with making music than creating an original sound.
"People's reasons for making music have changed. I remember a time when people made music for the sheer joy of it. Nowadays people are just trying to make money and you can hear it. Everything sounds the same: it's shallow, hollow and thin,” he told British newspaper The Independent.
Ne-Yo was quick to point out that he isn’t that kind of musician, adding, “I take the time... "
Just last year the talented singer/songwriter had been hired by the now-deceased pop superstar Michael Jackson to work on his new album. Apparently Michael wanted the hits to have a supernatural quality.
"Michael told me the songs had to be magical. 'Magical' was a word that kept coming up,” explained Ne-Yo.
The 30-year-old star was honoured to receive recognition from the pop icon, who was one of his ultimate idols - although he says he’s now at a loss about what to do with the songs he wrote. Ne-Yo fears that if he releases them as a tribute, people may accuse him of profiting from Michael’s untimely death.
“He chose about ten of my songs for his new album. But I don't know what to do with them now. I'm afraid that if I make a tribute record people will think I'm cashing in on my idol," he lamented.
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God bless...