with laptops and LED lights and sound engineers galore, where has the original essense of music gone? without naming specifics, i can tell you this: when the great apocolypse hits, its the Top 40 that will miss. picture a world without electricity. no stage, no frills, gimmicks. just a musician and a guitar. total blackout. when we're all left in the dark and singin' our own blues, who's left to play for us then? thats who i'm trying to discover.
a true musician will tell you the origin of music lies in the blues. think back -- way back. remember Sammy Hagar, Hank Williams, Miles DDavis and Muddy Waters? i hope so. the problem here is that the masses do not. successful so-called artists are topping the pop charts without the roots. it doesn't make sense. its all about electro-rock production. aren't we all tired of seeing those laptops on stage?
how is it that so many true and talented artists struggle for their entire lifetime, some never able to cut a record deal -- while others produce the same sound that we've been tired of hearing since The Strokes created it all those years ago. don't get me wrong. its not all bad. i'm just tired of it. i want to hear true blues. i want real rock and roll.
and its not completely missing from our culture, either. who's got it? Wilco's got it. Ryan Adams has got it. Neil Young and Bob Dylan still got it. John Lennon had it. And Bruce Springstein, well, he's the King of Got It. as for everyone else. hipsters, emo et al -- i urge you... find your soul. discover your roots. it is there that the origin of music can be ressurrected.
as a society on the brink of major social change its only natural that music too, must change. the thing is that it must change for everyone, not just for the few-and-far between above average aware. as we move into an age of collective thought, one thing rings true for every race, gender and age. its not the digital era that connects us. music that comes straight from the heart is universal. its real, its powerful and it doesn't require any translation.
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