Ramblings on the State of Music
When's the last time you heard a NEW song you truly loved? Not liked, not saved to listen through later to see if there's more there, not nodded your head to... LOVED. Crickets? Yeah, me too. ... American music has been struggling for a while. I don't like to admit it really, I'd rather just be nostalgic and cling to the shiny, jewel case remnants of when music as a collective was still steeped in artistry. I also hate to be negative or down on something I respect so deeply and that I don't possess the skills to be part of. Yet, here I sit as another random bit of noise. When they had the mp3 ready they said it'd be the death of music. So much so, that they essentially sat on it from 1995 to 2001 - when the public was introduced to the first iPod. This is not to say there weren't models before, but for most Americans 2001 was when their iTunes and downloadable journeys began. If you want to really get in the weeds check out, "How Music Got Free&q
