For those who know me, you'll know that I have a beef with shitty music and alternatively, I'm a huge advocate of non-shitty music. Now before you get your hackles up about that statement, let me explain what exactly constitutes good and bad music.
Music is found in nearly every culture around that world, so despite all our differences, it's obviously something that all humans share. So what's the reason for that? There are probably many, but I speculate that it stimulates a part of our brain that is connected in some way to emotions. Through experience, I know that music is evocative - it makes people feels things through its lyrics, the singer's voice, super-awesome guitar riffs and other instrumental pieces, etc. But there is also another intangible quality - I don't know if I'm alone in thinking this - but it seems that with some songs/bands I can tell if the artists really means what he or she is singing, and that comes through in all aspects of the music. So I suppose I'm saying that music is good if it's sincere or genuine and not just a cash cow. Of course there are other reasons people like a particular song or band, so conversely, music is junk if it doesn't mean anything to the artist. That tends to occur when bands or artists don't write their own music.
I've got a feeling that it's far more for complex than this though. I'll have to read more about it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I completely agree, there is nothing worth than poser music! (Do kids still say poser today?) It's the genuine stuff that forms a connection between the art being made and the art being experienced, thats why the stuff by sellouts breaks my heart, it's sooo disgenuine, ungenuine, ingenuine and horrible. Conversly I would argue that the dirtier the artist the more genuine the music. And I don't mean dirty as in raunchy or perverted (thoughh admitedly that is sometimes the case) I mean dirty as in physical dirt is stuck on them, they haven't washed their jeans in weeks and their hair no longer requires gel because it's developed it's own kind of holding power naturally. Therefore, I think the direct correlation between dirty-hobo-artist = really awesome music, is pretty apt. So if anyone is listening to someone clean, like squeeky, I floss my teeth after every meal clean, it's time for a musical shakeup (or mud bath). Because anyone spending that much time being clean is not spending enough time with music and it's affiliates.
ReplyDelete