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Death of Music?

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the music industry is slowly but surely being killed off?! (I mean figuratively of course, I’m not suggesting there’s a mad person on the lose targeting record companies…though I can think of a few that should have a stern talking to at least, for the utter shite *oops I’m sorry “Music”, that they produce …) No but seriously, music these days seems to be more about the person singing the song than the actual music itself.

Since living in California, I’ve observed that most (not all) of the people I meet ONLY listen to American current pop/r’n’b/rap artists or just whatever happens to be in the charts and/or on Glee/other popular t.v shows -particuarily the younger generations. I could not beleive that the trending tweet after the Grammys was “Who’s Paul McCartney?” and “Who’s Bon Iver” SERIOUSLY?!!!!! There’s a big, wide world out there full of wonderful, interesting, captivating music. Please don’t JUST listen to what the big record companies want you to listen to. Music nowadays has become a business- there’s people in the charts that can’t sing, don’t write their own music, don’t produce their own music, have no love/passion for music but jump on the band wagon of becoming a singer because their famous and can afford to do so (Seriously, Paris Hilton and Jordan released songs…yeah that’s right an abomination to music I hear you cry! ) So these rich celebs get to churn out utter crap that someone else has written for them, a computer has practically sung for them (auto-tune anyone?) the consumer is bombarded with it and the celeb laughs all the way to the bank, meanwhile the music industry’s soul is being chipped away at! 

I’d love to see the music industry become more serious; by ditching these horrendous singing shows, stop glamourising people who can’t/shouldn’t sing, stop making music about image (E.g: The US media telling Adele to lose weight…Sorry, I didn’t realise her weight made a difference to her AMAZING vocal abilities)

The power of music lies in its ability to emote, provoke and ultimately bring people together it’s not a tool for the wealthy to control what we listen to and who should/can produce music. Rage against the machine people!!! Go out there and explore- stray away from the iTunes top 10, MTVs top 50 songs now and again- you never know what treasures you might find. Support the musicians who are trying to make an honest living out of what they love.

Music is an exploration, a discovery- so go venture out on your own and listen to good music, listen to bad music, listen to old music, listen to new music, listen to Indian, African, Irish, Spanish, French, Italian music, listen to rock, listen to heavy metal, listen to classical—-listen to whatever YOU want; not what THEY, or anyone else, tells you should be listening to. Music IS life and without it, life would be pretty damn boring. 

Well what do you all think? Do you agree/disagree? Let me know your thoughts :) 

  1. thesoulmaze answered: It’s not about what everyone thinks. You’re right, and that’s a fact.
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