Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Country Communion), spoke with Brudne Brzmienie, about the music industry. Portions of the interview appear below, as transcribed by blabbermouth.net.
Hughes said, “There is no such thing as the music industry anymore. It’s not the same at all. It’s just not the same world. From where I came from all those years ago, it’s just completely changed. The record labels are a waste of time. The people that work at record labels haven’t got a clue what they’re doing, as far as musically. They might think they are great at business, but I don’t think so. So it’s just a different, different, different field to work with. And it’s really difficult for new, young artists — really difficult.”
When asked if he feels like he has to play the game again to stay relevant in today’s music world, he said, “Do I feel like I have to play the game again? No. No, and I say that with all gratitude that I’m at a place right now in my life where I don’t really have to worry too much about anything because I’ve done pretty much everything I wanted to do as a child. All I wanna still do is make music, play some shows and have fun. And I don’t get carried away with anything else other than playing music today right now in this very moment.”
Hughes‘ new studio album “Chosen”, is set for release on September 5 via Frontiers Music Srl.