Maybe a somewhat depressing and dystopian but still interesting view on music industry today

 

I have copied the following text for the video to provide a better understanding:

For years, it looked like the music industry was thriving — more artists, more access, more music than ever. But beneath the surface, something was breaking. Studios were closing. Engineers were disappearing. Budgets stopped growing. And the system quietly rewired itself.
This film explores what actually happened.

Starting in Los Angeles — once the center of the recording world — this documentary follows the slow collapse of commercial studios, the rise of home production, and the economic forces that reshaped how music is made.

Along the way, a deeper question emerges:

Did the music industry lose something…or did it trade it away — and was the exchange worth it?

Featuring Grammy-winning producer Adam Kagan, inside Chalice Studios, and firsthand experience navigating the modern recording economy.

Adam Kagan credits include:
• Kanye West
• Rihanna
• P. Diddy
• Nas
• 2Pac
• Major label projects across hip-hop and pop

Watch to the end.
This isn’t about nostalgia.
It’s about what comes next.

 

I just watched it a couple days ago. I liked it. It's a nice perspective on what and how things happened, and how we ended up where we are today.

The bedroom producer era.

 

Business is getting increasingly difficult, money is dwindling, quality is declining, the best years are long gone, and whatever cheap AI can do will be done to save costs. A full-time technician will likely become a part-time technician. Only a few companies will survive. In the end, only a few large players will remain, dividing up the existing market.

 

Collapse? No. May be deep crisis...

Yes, recording studios became the past for the most part. But the industry doesn't die, it just dramatically changes.

Yes, there are a lot of stupid things in our time. Infinite amounts of music garbage are the main problem. But people need cool, meaningfull music and that's why I'am not pessimistic. Music will find its ways.

 

the title may be a bit clickbait-ish but the video itself is not all fire and brimstone.

 

Collapse? Implosion.

 

What is already dead cannot die