Monday Blog 2/9/15

Where has music gone? Whatever happened to real music? What ever happened to real rock n roll and hip hop? What ever happened to bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Eagles, AC/DC, The Who, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice n Chains, and U2? And artist such as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Nas, and Tupac? What ever happened to real music? It seems like today the music industry is just full of auto tuned sellouts and talentless bands and hip hop artist. All I hear on the radio are the same 10 songs all day long that have absolute no meaning behind them. If I have to hear one more Taylor Swift song about how she broke up with her boyfriend in high school or hear Kanye West's auto tuned voice one more time I might throw up. The music industry has changed so much in the last 25 years and in many cases no longer is the music the main priority, instead it’s all about making money. Sure 25 years ago there were terrible musicians and terrible bands around but it seems like today the music industry is almost ruled completely by greedy record producers and talentless individuals and bands. Now of course this is just my personal opinion and many people probably disagree with me but I am just beyond disappointed with where the music industry is today. I am tired of seeing talentless artist auto tune their way to the top of the charts when there are thousands of talented artists and bands who can actually sing and play instruments who go unknown because they refuse to sellout to society and the music industry. I believe that there is hope though because there are many great artists and bands out there today such as Mumford and Sons, Jack Johnson, The Head and The Heart, Linkin Park, Nas, and Eminem. Music is extremely important to me and I love all genera’s of REAL music and I would just like to see less talentless sellouts and more talented real musicians make it big and dominant the music industry.