... is the age old topic among musicians.
I've found that with age (I'm still in my twenties though) I've found a way to enjoy the simple things in popular music and its capability to move so many people on this planet. There's no genre out there that someone doesn't hate and that's okay but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed by the fact that literally millions of people have seen Lil Wayne's guitar solo but have no idea who some of the greatest guitarists are. I'm fortunate enough to have some ties into the small music scene in my country but even here it can sometimes be a bit too much. F.ex. a close friend of mine is a drummer in a major label band and the record label asked for him to be removed from all promotional pictures because the label thought he wasn't attractive enough for the band to reach their designed segment = teenage girls. It's a friggin' punk band....
So... I wrote a song about the topic. I don't by any means mean to say that our music is the most original type of music out there (which is why I'm screaming "are you original?!" to myself in the end. ) but I thought the metaphor "FAST FOOD" was perfect to describe what the popular music genre has become on so many levels. Most people love fast food. Most people love the music on the radio. That being said... if I could get a nice steak for the same price I'd be eating steaks 24/7... music is free these days so I feel there's an evolution coming in the next decade.
Discuss?
I've found that with age (I'm still in my twenties though) I've found a way to enjoy the simple things in popular music and its capability to move so many people on this planet. There's no genre out there that someone doesn't hate and that's okay but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed by the fact that literally millions of people have seen Lil Wayne's guitar solo but have no idea who some of the greatest guitarists are. I'm fortunate enough to have some ties into the small music scene in my country but even here it can sometimes be a bit too much. F.ex. a close friend of mine is a drummer in a major label band and the record label asked for him to be removed from all promotional pictures because the label thought he wasn't attractive enough for the band to reach their designed segment = teenage girls. It's a friggin' punk band....
So... I wrote a song about the topic. I don't by any means mean to say that our music is the most original type of music out there (which is why I'm screaming "are you original?!" to myself in the end. ) but I thought the metaphor "FAST FOOD" was perfect to describe what the popular music genre has become on so many levels. Most people love fast food. Most people love the music on the radio. That being said... if I could get a nice steak for the same price I'd be eating steaks 24/7... music is free these days so I feel there's an evolution coming in the next decade.
Discuss?