Pumped that I am finally in a state of belief that music is in a good place. Or maybe I should say a better place, and I'm not just talking about my lovc for underground "deep" house. I'm, on this post talking about mainstream, even pop style artist. My ipod type people, not my DJ set type people.
It has been multiple years of me trashing the radio, thinking that music was awful for a long time. I began thinking that it was my own bitterness or some underlying reason of jealousy or something. Im glad it was none of that, its that the cylce of crap has finally come around.
Just stoked to see that "artists" like Flo-Rida, or Young Jeezy arent dominating the radio, and that people like London Grammar, or Ed Sheeran, even though they are also ultra mainstream now, they are there for the reason that I always hope people make it there. Sure it is still a crap shoot of popularity and connections, but at least the talent is there to show how those connections may have happened. Rather than being, my favorite Dave Navarro T-Shirt that I saw "Talentless, But Well Connected"
So this post is mainly just to give a shout out to those whose music is currently being played that could be heard in a few years, 10 years, 50 years and still have some musical power to it(timeless), rather than current fad that you hear in 3 years and vaguely remember it and realize it may have been a hit then, but it is far from a hit.
So, thank you......
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran
London Grammar
Florence & The Machine
Poolside
Maribou State
Hozier
Tuxedo
Artic Monkeys
Soul Clap
Cherokee
Black Keys
San Cisco
James Blake
Drake
Lupe Fiasco
Kendrick Lamar
Paolo Nutini
Chet Faker
Bruno Mars
Broken Bells
Wretch 32
The Weeknd
Prince
Daft Punk
Childish Gambino
Even, Rihanna, Kanye, and Paul
And I feel like that is just scratching the surface, this list of people to appreciate poured out in just a minute or two. Where a few years back I would have struggled to make a list half that length.
It has been multiple years of me trashing the radio, thinking that music was awful for a long time. I began thinking that it was my own bitterness or some underlying reason of jealousy or something. Im glad it was none of that, its that the cylce of crap has finally come around.
Just stoked to see that "artists" like Flo-Rida, or Young Jeezy arent dominating the radio, and that people like London Grammar, or Ed Sheeran, even though they are also ultra mainstream now, they are there for the reason that I always hope people make it there. Sure it is still a crap shoot of popularity and connections, but at least the talent is there to show how those connections may have happened. Rather than being, my favorite Dave Navarro T-Shirt that I saw "Talentless, But Well Connected"
So this post is mainly just to give a shout out to those whose music is currently being played that could be heard in a few years, 10 years, 50 years and still have some musical power to it(timeless), rather than current fad that you hear in 3 years and vaguely remember it and realize it may have been a hit then, but it is far from a hit.
So, thank you......
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran
London Grammar
Florence & The Machine
Poolside
Maribou State
Hozier
Tuxedo
Artic Monkeys
Soul Clap
Cherokee
Black Keys
San Cisco
James Blake
Drake
Lupe Fiasco
Kendrick Lamar
Paolo Nutini
Chet Faker
Bruno Mars
Broken Bells
Wretch 32
The Weeknd
Prince
Daft Punk
Childish Gambino
Even, Rihanna, Kanye, and Paul
And I feel like that is just scratching the surface, this list of people to appreciate poured out in just a minute or two. Where a few years back I would have struggled to make a list half that length.