Thursday, August 18, 2011

Linda Perry Tells It Az Real Az It GeTz: State of The Music Industry

LMAO!! Adding on to my rant of the state of the music Industry is songwriter, Linda Perry. Perry, who rose to fame with the hit 90's Rock Band, Four Non Blondes, and penning hit records for Xtina and pink; had some clear cut things to say about the music industry that couldn't have been said better by anyone else. As soon as I discovered this awesome interview, I was cheering profusely. I am not the only one who thinks the same thing. check this out!

If I Take a Breath Will That Be Autotuned?

"I've been listening to Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, then I go to some of the people who are popular now, and realize how much music has changed. It went from amazing, and raw, to slutty and auto-tuned. It's a shame."
-BTRlover45

A statement so true. When you take a look now it's hard to believe popular music was ever real and had substance. Now we are praising the likes of Katy Perry branding her as the female equivalent of Michael Jackson. (MJ didn't use autotune and majority of his number one hits were solo without remixes) Amen!?

In today's world of the digital download, I've realized that number one records don't mean shit anymore. Record industries are in some way, abusing the billboard charts to make songs seem more valuable than they are actually worth. For example, If a song needs a little boost call up some celeb friends, get them on a remix, get fans to buy the remixed record and BAM!!
Now the song goes down in number one history. Acts like this have been done by a number of autotuned modern pop royalties (Rihanna and the all ready forgotten S&M remix, Britney and the soon to be forgot End of the world remix)
Since when did artists think it was ok to just be serial chart toppers? But hey I guess thats what they mean when they say "fame kills". Not externally but Internally, What was once a love for music has died turned into the love of grammys, press, and broken records. That's the music world we live in.
Atleast Adele's 21 is in the top ten proving that real music always suffices.

Here's is a flashback of how popular music used to sound.
Check out Michelle Branch's New Video for her New Single "Loud Music"

Monday, August 15, 2011

Eleven Artist You Should Consider Getting to Know: 2011






Here are eleven artist who push boundaries, challenge the mind, and prove that great music can be uncharted.

Björk
Finds a way to interrelate nature,music, and technology. an out of the box concept that sounds immaculate in it's end result. Her new album Biophilia will be the first ever "App" album.
!:Check out "App"


Austra
The techno dark beats masked with an opera sounding voice immediately hypnotized but the artistic direction in Austra's videos will confirm attraction.



Spoek Mathambo
Complex elusive energy maybe baffling at first, but as the beat plays heads will roll. One youtuber described SM as Afro-Goth. I say .. He is the next level of Dance



Sky Ferreira
Anyone who loves Clueless (AS IF! Ep) is immediately loved by me but I love her music much more



Natalia Kills
UK's Natalia Kills makes a refreshing exploitation on the dark side of pop music.



Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Blissful satisfaction. The first dance music productions to ever live in the heart since the 90s.



Fever Ray
One half of my favorite group The Knife, Fever Ray, is an ever-growing theatrical extension that possesses voice alteration and tribal sounds to elevate the sound



Local Natives
Local natives laid back free spirit music style proves existence of the heart still living in music.



The Drums
An Indie band who's summer-y alluring sounds are instant perfection



Sia
Ever want party music without the plastic lyrics and generic beats? Sia delivers easy to party to music that still has meaning



Summer Camp
This flashback sound band knows how to put right word with the right chord that will instantly ensure a sing a long.

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