Before the Music Dies (2006)

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This documentary explores the reason why so few companies currently control the music played on the radio and for sale at retail stores, and whether corporations really have the power to silence musical innovation.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Andrew Shapter
Genres: Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest

In Theaters: Mar 15, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Jan 12, 2010
Studio: B-Side

Critic Reviews

S. James Wegg, JWR
Director/co-writer (along with Joel Rasmussen) wisely lets the artists and former managers (interviews with the leaders of the money-machine corporations are noticeably absent) do the talking in his first-rate essay on the current state of pop music in
Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics
The music industry kicks itself in the butt and vows to go straight as the founding fathers and mothers of rock decry the greed and falsehood that has suddenly crept into pop music.
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
There's not a single argument here that's presented well.
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Finally and at long last comes a documentary that asks the question "Why does modern music SUCK SO MUCH?"

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rocko p

Great music documentary that explores todays music business and how formula has taken over quality. Very simple documentary with interesting interviewees.