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Play for free, huh? Not cool!
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You've never heard Song "Happy"? Even when you didn't want to- in a store, an elevator, restaurant?
Maybe my kids playing that tune...
But honestly, like it or not, one of the most played tunes in decades.
Oh, also not a rap master- Beastie Boys is about as rappy as my general collection gets
Maybe my kids playing that tune...
But honestly, like it or not, one of the most played tunes in decades.
Oh, also not a rap master- Beastie Boys is about as rappy as my general collection gets
ok heard of "happy" but doesn't do anything for me. *shrugs*
and REO Speedwagon came out of Champaign, Illinois...not exactly a hot-bed either.
ok, sheesh, Norfolk is LA now. Or NYC. Got it. I'll be moving there immediately so I can get discovered.
and REO Speedwagon came out of Champaign, Illinois...not exactly a hot-bed either.
ok, sheesh, Norfolk is LA now. Or NYC. Got it. I'll be moving there immediately so I can get discovered.
yeah because that’s exactly what i said.
btw, who’s still “trying to get signed”? hahaha, this isn’t 1987. we have the internet now.
Not to mention the individual musicians who have gone on to play nationally with well known artists. The Wooten Brothers. Gordon Banks. James Genus. Karen Briggs and others. Nobody said the area was a music hub like the big cities. The area does have a bustling music scene and there are some really good bands here.
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pretty much goes hand in hand with my post above....I didnt like disco back in the day, but I knew who Donna Summer and Rick James were back in da day and I was aware of their music and its impact.......Not knowing who Missy Elliot is for the 00s and Pharrell Williams, whos been chart relevent for two decades as performer or producer, just proves that some folks just want to stay in boxes
Look, all of this talk about working musicians being disrespected by us amateurs, who play for free because we love it, and furthermore, that we actually help cause them to not get paid by contributing to the devaluation of music, is avoiding the fact that change is inevitable. Being a Farrier used to be a great job, loaded with potential and opportunity...until someone came along and invented automobiles.
You can call this an apples to oranges example, but the bottom line is that music, for a variety of reasons (not just us amateurs 'ruining it' for the pros), has become devalued. Musicians are no longer 'the &*%#', like they used to be, back in the 70s and 80s, and even the 90s. As a result, making music as a career, has become much more difficult. Deal with it.
And before you say, that this is easy for me to say, since I'm not a professional musician, know that I am dealing with the exact same thing in my profession. I work as a post-production editor in television, and over the past couple of decades, it is becoming harder and harder to get this kind of specialized work and be well paid for it. Now-a-days, people can shoot and edit entire films on their phones, if they so choose. Almost anyone can do it...perhaps not as well as 'pros', like me, but employers and the public don't care. People are comfortable watching crap quality videos on phone screens. And so it goes.
Thus, my work has become devalued, but I never blame anyone for causing this devaluation. Things simply change, and sometimes your profession suffers.
Make no mistake, I personally value music VERY highly, and even though I am a hobbyist playing in original bands for no pay, but for the joy of doing it, doesn't mean that my bands don't, at least, work hard at trying to sound good and be tight and not disrespect the craft of music.
Just my .05 cents. I would love it if working musicians all got paid well, but things change.
You can call this an apples to oranges example, but the bottom line is that music, for a variety of reasons (not just us amateurs 'ruining it' for the pros), has become devalued. Musicians are no longer 'the &*%#', like they used to be, back in the 70s and 80s, and even the 90s. As a result, making music as a career, has become much more difficult. Deal with it.
And before you say, that this is easy for me to say, since I'm not a professional musician, know that I am dealing with the exact same thing in my profession. I work as a post-production editor in television, and over the past couple of decades, it is becoming harder and harder to get this kind of specialized work and be well paid for it. Now-a-days, people can shoot and edit entire films on their phones, if they so choose. Almost anyone can do it...perhaps not as well as 'pros', like me, but employers and the public don't care. People are comfortable watching crap quality videos on phone screens. And so it goes.
Thus, my work has become devalued, but I never blame anyone for causing this devaluation. Things simply change, and sometimes your profession suffers.
Make no mistake, I personally value music VERY highly, and even though I am a hobbyist playing in original bands for no pay, but for the joy of doing it, doesn't mean that my bands don't, at least, work hard at trying to sound good and be tight and not disrespect the craft of music.
Just my .05 cents. I would love it if working musicians all got paid well, but things change.
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Am I the only one here who thought Missy Elliott was a wrestler? I definitely have heard the name, though; maybe because of Graves disease. (And yes, I know PW.)
