I was reading an article in a magazine. It was talking about something to do with something that I don't remember now.
In my boredom, I created a plan for the new decade: I say we (we meaning anything or anyone) make the internet available for ten years at a time, and then outlaw it for another ten years and continue this pattern every decade. And yes, I am very well aware that the internet is allowing me to put this idea "out there".....its still an excellent idea.
At the risk of soap-boxing, I think we (again, we meaning whatever you want it to mean) could benefit from not having constant access to new music. Having a whole world full of music so easily accessed, where we can invest ourselves weekly in a new band, I think has made very fickle fans of many of us, me included.
But I guess we do recieve some benefits from the world wide web. So, in my world (alongside everybody getting a free basset hound and a copy of the Band's first record) the internet would only be available ten years at a time.
But I guess we do recieve some benefits from the world wide web. So, in my world (alongside everybody getting a free basset hound and a copy of the Band's first record) the internet would only be available ten years at a time.
Is the internet the only venue in which people explore and or discover new music? Do we (whoever we are) only know of music that is current as a result of the internet? Coming from someone who rarely finds their music online, and that's no lie- I have a $25 itunes card that has been sitting on my desk since before Christmas and is still unused...I believe that people will find music where ever it lies if music is truly in ones soul- and if they don't find music- it wasn't ever in their soul to begin with and they should read your previously posted blog about bandwagoners! L-
ReplyDeleteOh absolutely, I think that people who love music will find it any medium. People whose soul is fed by it will undoubetdly find it with or without the internet.
ReplyDeleteI've just gotten soooo tired of the flavor of the month, if that makes sense? Soooo many of the things I read as well as many of my friends invest themselves in the latest hip thing and they never seem to develop a real love for any artist or genre. I blame this fickle-ness on blogs and music sites. I think that if we got rid of the internet, fans would be almost be forced, for lack of a better term, to foster real love and appreciation for styles and artists instead of liking them simply cuz they're whats new now.
I don't know if that makes sense?
But I do know what DOES make sense, giving me you $25 dollar card if you not gonna use it....
When and if you ever come back out here, I'll let you use my $25 card to download music for me. :)
ReplyDeleteSWEET!!! $25 worth of Bob Dylan coming your way!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just an opinion, but i dont think music was meant to be exploited, dissected or organized into categories; Music is inherent in humanity and it attaches itself to the personality of an ordinary human being. As earthlings, we have always been concerned with changes inside and outside ourselves. The problem that your blog addresses was also a problem with books at the turn of the 19th century; An overflow of information led to pernicious effects in the world of printing. The rapid influx of books generated the genre "small reading." This was despised by notable men/authors like Thoreau or Samuel Johnson but cherished by women and children. Today there may be a similar case, as you mention, with the internet and music. The internet is a massive shit pile that has hurt communication between communities. It definitely broadens the approach to finding music, but, and please dont hate me for this, i dont believe the internet has killed it. A billion years ago, a man and/or woman, hit a rock against another rock, another man and/or woman found the same method and formed a different sound. We communally communicated through melodic patterns to give warnings or celebrations etc. Now, american music, especially the truest form of folk, has been degraded by its dissection and study. Now, the pro-singer at a baseball game is put on a pedestal while the audience waits. But we used to sing it all together. Even Church is made into a concert for the people to listen, and join if they would like. Music will be picked at by critics as far as what its supposed to be and what its supposed to do. Music is not supposed to be anything particular; it comes from our gut, and whoever want to judge anothers gut, may judge another's gut. But your right, one must stay true to their personality, true to themselves. All my friends like variations of my favorite music, psychedelia blues, and my likings, like myself, may grow and mutate, the same way punk rock mutated from a very large group of economically suppressed teens of the UK. The world wide web has made it easier for us to share music, but i think we should look at this excess of information as a resource that gives the many personalities of the world a chance to share different ideas that are inherent with different personaliites. There are those who merely pretend because they want friends, there are those bandwaggoners that will exploit a popular sound for sales or poularity i guess. And I sincerely, with all my heart, agree that music has been exploited in a negative way, a way that has given it a capitalist quality. But for me, and I dont speak for the ones that are drawn to metal or polka, every night, when i take a shower, i hear the rythm of my life inside me. I hear my likes and dislikes and the only thing i can do, is sing out.
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ReplyDeleteSorry about the length, im new to the blog thing, i was just moved when i read your proposal, so i typed a tower of thoughts. I hope you dont think i pretentiously disagree with you, i agree with you 99 percent, im just used to arguing i guess. :)
Love,
Dom