Top Ten Misconceptions of the Term Selling Out

The Top Ten
1 Changing your sound doesn't mean selling out
2 Becoming more mainstream doesn't mean selling out
3 The fans don't own the band
4 Bands make music because they want to, not for money
5 There is a difference between experimenting and selling out
6 The sound is different doesn't mean the band is greedy
7 The band can do whatever it wants The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in 1965 . Which originally consisting of Rick Danko (bass guitar, double bass, fiddle, vocals), Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophones, trumpet), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, percussion, vocals) .

This is important. Obviously it would be kind of weird if some band went from brutal death metal to mainstream mumble rap (or vice versa), but in the end it's their music; let them do what they want.

8 Selling out is making the same album over and over again because it worked
9 Just because the album sounds like a recent trend doesn't mean the band jumped onto the trend
10 Asking for the same album over and over again is an attempt to make the band boring
The Contenders
11 Line-up changes don't mean that the band is selling out
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