I'm glad you mentioned that. I didn't mean to imply that only darker lyrics are meaningful, that isn't true, your 100% right about that. What I meant was relate-ability, and from my experience I've heard a lot of people tell me that they can't relate to metal because its either to angry or sad sounding.. or they just can't make out the lyrics xD genre depending there. I guess what I was trying to get at is, so many meaningful songs out that are more melancholy in topic seem to be ignored because they aren't fluffy and happy sounding, the message I get there is so many people are more content to be ostrich with their heads buried in the sand to the negativities that exist out in the world, big or small, personal or global -(attempting to not shoot myself in the foot with this statement, I know some are just happy people and thats what they relate to but there are some out there that would rather not acknowledge it, because they just don't care to understand others)-. But my wording didn't come out right being I kind of went off on personal perspective. When I hear whats on the radio I just cannot comprehend how people enjoy such....idiotic lyrics? I just don't get it. Not all of it is idiotic, but a painful amount seems to be.
On the underground scene I totally understand that, just music lovers with something to express or want to create a piece of art, because music is art. Thats what I love about it, and why in no way do I intend on being that producer/engineer that strong arms people into changing their sound to fit radio formula. At the risk of repeating myself or sounding cheesey, I want to get into the industry to help people bring their creations to life the way they see it. I'm going the indie studio direction, that way it lets the band keep hold of creative control and ownership of copyrights in the event their music brings in revenue. I'll be there to offer a like-mind, space and technical knowhow that they might not have otherwise. Back to the underground groups that want to be in that scene, I don't plan on uprooting them. If they even seek out a studio or producer, I know a lot of underground groups have their own recording set-up often times. As it is, if I do manage to attract their attention, that tells me I'm doing things right.