So, I've broken down and decided to start a blog. Why? Because fb wall posts don't do me justice, nor my friends. I can never find cool vids or links I have posted. Therefore, this is essentially an area of cool things that I want to post and find later on to watch or show others again. Likely most of the posts will deal with music and things related to music, but that is not a rather bad thing at all.
Here's my first post:
It's a link to an article entitled "Is Indie Dead?" The article argues that the point of indie and all of its genres (folk to synth-pop) was to undermind the mainstream music scene, beginning around the early 1980s, in order to provide the public with something more meaningful and creative. It would essentially allow the public to listen to something other than Madonna and the cheesey-ness of the early 80s synth pop (ironically with artists today like La Roux, Lights, and all of the auto-tune kids).
Today, indie has risen up to the mainstream stage and has done what it had set out to do. Artists from Tegan & Sara to Lights (yes a second reference already) have prenetrated the mainstream to give us something more than the Backstreet Boys. Therefore, the article concludes, the purpose of indie doesn't live on. Though the artists, genres, venues, and the scenes still exist (and are living on strong) the live blood and drive to create 'indie' is gone. It has victoriously risen to mainstream status, along with the help of the internet and downloading, in order that we may all hear something we like.
A thank you to 'indie' is needed. Thank you!
the article i'm referencing can be found here:
1 comments:
hey hey, welcome to the blogosphere! I'll try and keep up :)
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