tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post6198212598311540114..comments2023-03-22T01:59:08.989-07:00Comments on ProgRockin': We do abuse musicBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024085550417622898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-89613790744821814662009-04-14T20:54:00.000-07:002009-04-14T20:54:00.000-07:00I was thinking Ray and Sean, maybe you should post...I was thinking Ray and Sean, maybe you should post that whole Article up, be a great discussion/conversation.<br /><br />I too saw it at his site.MAVIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553871103457235775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-82187795316483357582009-04-14T20:28:00.000-07:002009-04-14T20:28:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing that link Ray. There are a few ...Thanks for sharing that link Ray. There are a few point (mainly about the cd's reason for being) I disagree with, but it's a very telling look from an insider. <br /><br />It's also on his official page:<br />http://www.mellencamp.com/?module=news&news_item_id=367Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076164080096427562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-88972643205022911522009-04-11T10:48:00.000-07:002009-04-11T10:48:00.000-07:00John Mellencamp, a hit writer in the 80's and 90's...John Mellencamp, a hit writer in the 80's and 90's, just released an inside view on the decline of the biz. It's quite interesting:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/463/464067/text/stringrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729065479503588877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-31309711257310349132009-04-04T23:26:00.000-07:002009-04-04T23:26:00.000-07:00I love Bavarian folk music. :PI see what you're sa...I love Bavarian folk music. :P<BR/><BR/>I see what you're saying. Music is EVERYWHERE these days, and while that's a good thing, it all tends to fade in the background. Like omnipresence demanding omniabsence, to quote Pain of Salvation.<BR/><BR/>These days, there's just SO MUCH music out there, and just by volume not all of it's good. There's no desire to "listen" to music anymore, just to hear it. I hate to call my generation ADD like everyone else, but it's kind of true. Music isn't really important to people these days because it doesn't take any effort. One click, and you can have thousands of bands, thousands of songs all at your fingertips. And then, where do you start? What do you listen to? You can always listen to something later. Why listen to something different when you can hear something you know?<BR/><BR/>Radio has moved into a pre-approved playlist, only playing what the advertisers want you to hear. They're trying to cross all genres and come up with something as generic and far-reaching as possible to sell, sell, sell. Music has always been a commodity, but this is just too much. The bloated music industry is on its way to fall. Hard. And it needs to.<BR/><BR/>I've got an upcoming article about this actually, I'll update mid-week when I finish. It's actually a project I have to do for class, and I think it would be appreciated here.T-Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714576530323986697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-47908975564920514002009-04-04T00:14:00.000-07:002009-04-04T00:14:00.000-07:00Well . . .Its almost what James Cameron tried to s...Well . . .<BR/>Its almost what James Cameron tried to show in his Movie "The Terminator", too much technology everywhere, the complacency and where it could lead.<BR/>As you know Ray, I have been touching on the very topic in my essays, music is everywhere but I have to say, or make clearly <I>its not the music I WANT to hear</I>.<BR/>All those places, those idiotic jobs I've had and the crappy Top40 stations that made me lose my MIND!<BR/><BR/>Music is too damn sacred in my being, and its funny, I have been thinking of late, why is it really important for me to get a iPod?<BR/>I have a really nice walk-man, I get to play my homemade Prog compilations from my own store bought CD collection, and I listen more on the road because all my stuff is stored for the time being, and when I travel on public transportation, I can listen to music I love to drown out the obnoxious people on their Cell-phones and the crazies!<BR/>But occasionaly, I'll go without, just to hear the "natural" sounds, concious that I dont want to be tied to technology (I dont own a Cell for that reason, and if I'm on the road, I dont need to talk to anyone :P).<BR/><BR/>I too love to reach for a REAL CD and look at them, hold them and read and look at the Art that was put into them. We are in a generation of instant gratification without representation, buy something without a package, just an impulse without really listening, learning, having time to taste it...<BR/>just swallow and take it, chew and spit it out.<BR/><BR/>I used to be such an optimist, but I see the world spiraling into apathy, no compassion and no regard for a soul, or art.<BR/>My gosh... I just depressed myself :P<BR/>I guess I am glad that there are "few" of us that appreciate good music done with the skills of craftsmen, no-matter what type of music, as long as its made with high standards and no rules.<BR/><BR/>May we keep the flame alive :)MAVIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553871103457235775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-60842405939472924442009-04-02T09:19:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:19:00.000-07:00At the moment of writing this I am sitting in a ho...At the moment of writing this I am sitting in a hotel room in Sofia, Bulgaria.<BR/><BR/>Arriving in this country was a big surprise, at least concerning music. In Finland rock/metal is only short of being mainstream, but during the the last 2 weeks I have heard maybe 1 song with a guitar solo. If you happen not to like pop/techno, you are in bad luck. Its all around you, in...<BR/><BR/>...the airport<BR/>...the taxis<BR/>...the hotel lobby, restaurant and hall way<BR/>...at work (on a big 40 inch flatscreen in the reception)<BR/>...the shopping malls<BR/><BR/>I can avoid it if I take a walk, but if I get hungry I'll be at it again.<BR/><BR/>At least there will be one thing I wont miss when I leave tomorrow.BGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024085550417622898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839146967530098790.post-596904359554866572009-04-02T08:41:00.000-07:002009-04-02T08:41:00.000-07:00Well said Ray. I have to admit to being one who ha...Well said Ray. I have to admit to being one who has his ipod around all the time. And some days it seems like nothing is worth listening to. Actually, 90% of my ipod time is spent on science and skepticism podcasts. I got a new car late last year and I have really enjoyed getting back to a cd player in the car. I have to be more selective, more intentional. <BR/><BR/>I used to have a walkman, too, but that experience is different. I used to walk to and from school with the walkman, listening to the same tape for a week straight. With the ipod I'm too tempted not the spend time absorbing something. <BR/><BR/>Makes me wish I had a nice stereo at home, but alas, I don't. By the way, only a few small tweaks and Catharsis is mastered and off to the duplicator.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076164080096427562noreply@blogger.com