Anecdotally, externally, and academically, all that I’ve discovered and presented seems to convey the diversity, creativity, and very personalised and individualistic nature of music to people in general. While top 40 draws in adherents in massive numbers, the appeal of such performers is either short-lived, contrived, and uninspiring to people who prefer something more authentic, [...]
Hear ye hear ye….
As I’ve progressed through this blog, I’ve got more and more interested in the reasons why certain artists and genres find it so hard to break into the mainstream, and why the mainstream music industry is the way it is. The artists that I featured in this blog, while having very different sounds, had something in [...]
Don’t miss out on “all the good stuff”… (conclusion)
Don’t let the radio and popular music journalists stop you from experiencing all the other genres and music styles that aren’t being represented in “top 40″ music.
Don’t be afraid to look for authentic, unique music from talented musicians in places other than your local radio or MTV.
Don’t miss out on “all the good stuff”.
Concluding statement
One of the obvious gaps in ‘Top 40′ music is clearly alternative music performances. ‘Top 40 music misses all the good stuff and I chose to focus on dance music as it is very rarely represented in mainstream music charts, and is what I think is good music. When dance songs are in the charts [...]
Pole Dancing Tunes – top 40 SMUT!
Hurra! I did my first pole dancing class last night at Pol-arise. (Orginial name huh! :p )
It was super fun and super sexy and I wasn’t suprised at the choice of music for our routines….
The first move we learnt was called the “Kate Moss” (no, it wasn’t compulsary to get high first! :p ), and [...]
CD Review: Gotye
Gotye (aka Wally de Backer)’s first full-length album, Like Drawing Blood, is a lively melee of sounds, instruments and styles. The tracks are have been recorded entirely by the artist, who plays all instruments, and has sampled a number of sounds in the tracks.
The music defies genre and borrows from a number of styles. Songs range from the [...]
Wiseman sheds some light…
I’ve found it really easy to write about music journalism, but then really difficult to write about music itself. I just can’t seem to get it right; to do the music/musicians justice. I feel like it’s too multi-layered and complex to be summed up concisely by a lone writer with only a single perspective. But [...]
Rant Rant Rant – damn you Rolling Stone!!!
So yeah…
check out this article from music magazine Rolling Stone’s online website, called Artists to Watch: Ten Artists and Bands Who are Bringing the Future of Music, Today. Note that the artists are mainly rock, female singers, electronic and rap/RnB acts…….AGAIN. Are there any other genres of music besides these???? Apparently not!! In particular [...]
Making Money: Consumerism and the Capitalist Influences of the Music Industry
The struggle for non-mainstream music acts to be recognised is long and hard. The relationship between the development of music genre and style is now closely linked to the music industry and consumption. Simon Frith notes that in writing about music,”The sociologist of contemporary popular music is faced with a body of songs, records, stars [...]
