1 post tagged “mainstream music”

That's what most music is nowadays.

I can't find anything worth the space on my hard drive.

It's all background noise in different languages. There's no real lyrical content. The things that hurt us most are unheard in all these tracks.

So I thought to myself:

"Why is it so hard to produce music addressing these pains?"

"Why do we stick to strictly shallow emotions as our inspiration?" 

Maybe because it's too real. Modern music seems to be throwing itself head first into the world of escapism. Infatuations, pitiful drama and empty mantras are common. Techno beats and shallow hip-hip. "Catchy music".

But what about expression?

You see very little singers writing their own lyrics, let alone their own songs.

There's more to being an artist than taking what's been given to you, and simply adding your vocals to it.

There's production, the first few frustrating moments when you learn that the notes you wrote don't match the sounds that you heard in your head, the fights with the producers, fears of being pulled from the label with the struggle to hold on to yourself...

What do we have that resembles that in the mainstream?

Think about it for awhile and then sigh with me.

The world is in a state of tension, fear and insecurity. It's nice to hear an optimistic, peppy song every now and then, but what I need is to see an acknowledgment of our flaws.

I think, that this is what the world needs to see in the music industry.

Rather than "pre-packaged" stars, something real.

Our reality, with our determination to improve not only our own lives, but the lives of others.

I hope for this.