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| From | Daryll Collins <daryll@daryllcollins.com> |
| Subject | Re: An audacious challenge - part 2 - the hard part |
| Date | Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:03:24 -0400 |
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OK, I'll take a whack at this.
> - is it that radio has marginalized this music?
I think the music business is interested in controlling talent now
more than ever. You control it by making sure
the talent you start out with has only a certain level of musical
skill. Competent, but not along the lines of a
mega-musical force. They are not interested in that.
The "talent" has the look, style and attitude to be propped up by the
industry. This appeals
to younger people who don't know any better. More on this later. The
industry supplies the songs
and the talent shakes their ass to the grove. Let the adulation begin.
> - is it that music styles have fractionalized to the point where
> our tiny subdivision has gotten lost?
I don't see fractionalization a problem. Think back to the golden era
of AM radio... you'd have a song by Sly & The Family Stone, followed
by one from The Beatles followed by Joe South followed by The 1910
Fruit Gum Company. Nothing got lost because maybe people were more
open to different styles. Radio wasn't afraid they'd lose listeners
by offering diverse content.
> - has the average music lover lost appreciation for melody/harmony
> such as found in our favorite songs?
Among many in the 30 and under crowd, yes, yes, yes. Many older music
fans who are passionate about melody/harmony have gravitated towards
country music. There is an entire generation who has been sold the
idea that it's just beat, some dude or dudette yammering on like an
auctioneer and some meandering on the guitar that constitutes a song.
The craft of song writing the way people on this list know it is dead
in mainstream pop music.
> - is it something personal for us, that we seek out the obscure
> lost nuggets?
I think we as music lovers of a certain style of song writing with
melody/harmony will search out what we are passionate about because
it sure isn't being presented to us in popular media. Luckily
audities and other web sites/online retailers make this search a
little easier.
Daryll
On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, mmyers1446@yahoo.com wrote:
> Ok kids, thanks for playing along so far... but now this is where
> it really gets to be fun.... PLEASE keep your contributions coming
> along to my challenge of yesterday... the list is long and varied
> and there seems to be some great CDs that I for one am not familiar
> with.... as mentioned, I am compiling a list and will publish the
> results as soon as the contributions flow to a trickle (and
> possibly dry up completely), but now let's go to the next phase of
> my challenge, and this is where the fun should really start, and
> there is no longer a need to be terse... because I want a deeper
> dialogue about the state and well-being of the music form that we
> all love....
>
> I deliberately chose No Dice by Badfinger as my model for this
> discussion... ah-ha yeah
> I'm one of those quiet
> and provocative guys... let's go through some of the reasons I
> went down this path.....
>
> They had a HUGE radio hit on their own with No Matter What... their
> own version of Without You is astounding (I love the variation
> between sweet and gruff harmonies), and of course Nilsson had an
> even bigger hit with that song.... there are great rockers and
> wonderful ballads... but this only points to where I'm going with
> my quest for more information.
>
> Badfinger hit big on AM and FM radio... they had hits... when their
> albums came out, those were somewhat newsworthy events... most
> people on the street would at least recognize one or more of their
> songs... so what changed?
>
> Think of the CDs you all have suggested I put on my list... and let
> me preface all of the remaining commentary by saying that I own and
> love/appreciate the greatest majority of the ones you've
> recommended... but to be honest, for the most part these artists
> labor in obscurity and
> their works are known to only the most cognizant/obsessive/
> fanatical few... a few of them have enjoyed some amount of airplay
> and a couple of the artists are probably known by the proverbial
> man/woman on the street.... but we all love a style of music that
> is certainly not in vogue these days... so... tell me why this is,
> I truly want your opinion
>
> - is it that radio has marginalized this music?
> - is it that music styles have fractionalized to the point where
> our tiny subdivision has gotten lost?
> - has the average music lover lost appreciation for melody/harmony
> such as found in our favorite songs?
> - is it something personal for us, that we seek out the obscure
> lost nuggets?
>
> I could go on but won't, I only pose these questions as a starting
> point... I KNOW that many of you are not faint of heart lol... I
> suppose I'll end by asking if you can construct your argument in
> such a way that helps us understand what is "real" today as
> well as what you see the future to be.... and gosh, if no one else
> has said it to you this week, I will.... I really do want your
> OPINIONS!!!!
>
> thanks
> Mike
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