I’ve developed a theory about the state of music in the 21st century; Music is suffering because people are distracted. The reason Bob Dylan and The Beatles were able to be so successful at such a young age was that there was little to distract them. They had their own music, some radio, some records, [...]
Hypebot posted a cool interview with Pete Orta. Pete won a Grammy in 2000 after being nominated for a number of years with his band. These days it looks like Pete sticks more to the marketing side of things. Now these Music Industry types are usually ass clowns. They used to have genuine musical knowledge [...]
I wrote about this in my other blog but I think it bears repeating: If you’ve received a Myspace friend request then you have probably seen this attached to that request: “Klicke hier, um eine Nachricht einzugeben, die mit der Freundanfrage mitgeschickt wird!” “Klicke hier, um eine Nachricht einzugeben, die mit der Freundanfrage mitgeschickt wird!” [...]
When you think of lasting artists, you may think of Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, U2, Bob Dylan, and some others. When you think of one-hit wonders, you don’t remember the artist, you remember the song. It was the early 90′s and besides Vanilla Ice, hair/glam bands were on top and Guns’N’Roses were crowned King. [...]
Today I got an email from my favorite music insider Bob Lefsetz. Usually I agree with everything this man has to say. Or at least mainly. But today he wrote this: If you want to be in this business, you know what’s good and you know what sells. Put your time in. Don’t try to [...]
Rock Music is a Cultural Wasteland
Rock music has become culturally insignificant. I’m watching the Superbowl pre-game circle jerk and I stare in amazement. Old men pretending to be Rock’n’Roll. Bruce Springsteen claiming that his band in 1978 has nothing on his band in 2009. Journey playing the Pepsi sponsored tailgate party without Steve Perry. The Rock Music juggernaut whoring itself [...]