The First Blog

Hi, friend.  This is my first ever blog on my first ever blog.  It seems lately I have become increasingly concerned with the way music is being written, produced, sold, and heard.  I need an outlet; will you be mine if I promise to share unabashedly?

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Good.  So let me tell you a little bit about myself.  I am a student... and a professional... but mostly a professional student, I'd say.  Music has been my dream career since a very young age, and so I've made it my purpose to approach it.  I've developed strong tastes and opinions over the years, for better or worse.  For better, because without such a sensitivity to sweet and sour I'd have no reason for this blog.  And for worse, because a thought or feeling left uncovered is a dangerous device of self-destruction.  I need an outlet.

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The music I prefer is true.  It's believable, loud, honest, and pure.  I like drama.  Lyrics are crucial.  The voice is the most important element of a song.  If a song doesn't say something and say it well, it is better left unsaid.  This blog is about popular music.  It's about songs that are--or should be--on any music lover's radar.  Of course, this is a matter of opinion.  But that's the beauty of a blog: I'm right and you might be too... but it's my blog.