Locating Focus in Today’s World of Music
Posted by Music Blog | Posted in Live Music Blog, Uncategorized | Posted on 28-06-2009
Tags: Locating Focus in Today's World of Music, music, music media, search for meaning in modern music
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Contemporary media perpetuates all the old styles so that what has popular now is what has been popular 30 years ago. If you’re old enough and were around in the 60’s, you’d remember that the 30’s seemed to be an era where the music and styles contrasted greatly with the 60’s. Today in 2008 we hear much of the same that has been around in the 70’s as well as all the other eras including now’s contemporary music. This is thanks to the modern day varieties of music media that we have now. can be this surplus of variety is what prompts the “search for meaning in modern music“.
Electronic amplification has made the contemporary sound of electric guitars and drums dominate the sounds of today. computer recording with its click tracks and loops has likewise played a large part in the contemporary sound. The computer software “Band in a Box” and the like lets you build a song with pre-recorded loops and then copyright it as something original. personal ly, as a classically trained pianist and working performer, I don’t like these facets of modern day music.
If you’re a performer, what has most vital is to be creative as an individual whatever it is you do. Create. Then share what you create. If you make a living at it, this influences how you create, but produce just the same. If you just listen to music, you’ll obvious ly listen to what you want to, and you could find a greater variety to pick from than ever before.
Personally, I have produced 3 CD’s. The first one has been original tunes produced in a studio. My original premise for it has been to win a lover back to me. Then it became an resolution to make nice recordings of my non-commercial styled tunes that additionally involved the new (and married) love in my life. I have made living in music, mostly in academia (community college) and community theater shows and gatherings and wedding s. My other two CD’s are piano solo. One is classical and one is Christmas tunes. None are commercial successes, but I make some money from the recordings from downloads all over the world.
Therefore I’m trying to make money in other ways. And so I’m writing this article!
You can find my recordings at davidstahl.com and cdbaby.com/davidstahl
