Working as a sound engineer in a studio, I have had my share of band "exposures". Some of them come to the studio because of projects, some of them work in the studio. Still there are others that just, well, hang around. They just sit there "talking music" and deep inside you know that we are expected to swoon. Because they're rock gods/stars...whatever. That's all fine and dandy except for one tinny, tiny problem...they know nothing of what they talk about!
I don't mean to be an elitist and I am no music expert myself. I mean, I know a bit of Hendrix, Beatles, Mozart, Beethoven, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc...but I am no connoisseur. That much I admit. But these rockstar wannabe's talk about Kraftwerk, Silver Apples, Lennon, Deerhoof, Miles Davis, Coltrane, etc...within earshot of we who are supposed to feel bliss and enlightenment to be at their presence...and their talk is nothing but...talk. Full of hot air, no substance whatsoever. They drop names like the Japanese Imperial Navy dropping bombs at Pearl Harbor. But they are all just for show. You could tell how shallow their tastes in music really are. One quick listen to these bands' albums should do the trick of showing their true musical colors. That is if you last the entire album, I'm betting that you would not. Unless of course your taste in music falls on the shallow side as well.
I mean, c'mon...if you like punk rock so much then why does you music sound like crap? And if you're so anti-image/anti-establishment, what are you doing in shampoo commercials? Give me a break. No, give us all a break actually.
...to be continued
I don't mean to be an elitist and I am no music expert myself. I mean, I know a bit of Hendrix, Beatles, Mozart, Beethoven, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc...but I am no connoisseur. That much I admit. But these rockstar wannabe's talk about Kraftwerk, Silver Apples, Lennon, Deerhoof, Miles Davis, Coltrane, etc...within earshot of we who are supposed to feel bliss and enlightenment to be at their presence...and their talk is nothing but...talk. Full of hot air, no substance whatsoever. They drop names like the Japanese Imperial Navy dropping bombs at Pearl Harbor. But they are all just for show. You could tell how shallow their tastes in music really are. One quick listen to these bands' albums should do the trick of showing their true musical colors. That is if you last the entire album, I'm betting that you would not. Unless of course your taste in music falls on the shallow side as well.
I mean, c'mon...if you like punk rock so much then why does you music sound like crap? And if you're so anti-image/anti-establishment, what are you doing in shampoo commercials? Give me a break. No, give us all a break actually.
...to be continued
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