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oh, how i wish there were more people like brad out there. mainstream music today sucks such incredible shit. my hypothesis/opinion (pay attention, not theory, not expression-of-fact) is that the problem is twofold.
first, the investorsfirst-shortattentionspan-focusgroup-eyecandy-corporateshitpie world does not allow for much straying or creativity. it's all about just having a fucking hook and/or looking good. sure, the hook from the mitsubishi commercial song is cute, but porn is just porn. there are tons, TONS, i say, of songs on the radio that have great hooks. music, however is more than just hooks. granted, the punk movement was partly a direct rebellion against overly intellectual music. and it's fine to have just plain old visceral, or (like now) just plain old sentimental music, but that's only if there are other options. i love junk food, but my body also loves eating dark leafy greens, or some crazy tri-doshic curry with like 30 different flavors going on. do _you_ know what asafoetida is? likewise does limp_shitkit know what the circle of fifths is?
second, we spend so little on the arts in public schools that the majority of the people out there who are picking up instruments now have no concept of music theory or history.
money has always been part of the biz, but it seems (to me) that there is an ever increasing trend of commercialism and cross merchandising and selling out going on. i know artists don't always have control of their songs, so you can't always blame them for selling out, but that's why i now associate FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT NISSAN with so many great songs (the police, the who, hendix, SRV).
so here's to you, brad, for making your hand hurt--stretching you brain and tendons in pursuit of greatness.
"Art as expression, not as market campaigns/Will still capture our imagination" -Neil Peart
oh, and pleeeeez don't say dave matthews, cuz he's sting rehash at best, so whatever.
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