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Well, I've got a hit country song with a killer guitar solo in it ready to go. I'm just waiting for the right time and place to pitch it so I can watch it climb the charts. I don't know though, I may just keep it hidden. We'll see....
All kidding aside, the pop-i-fication and hip-hop-i-fication of country music has somewhat diminished the importance of instrumentalists.
Having said that, that hit duet "Remind Me" with Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, I always felt the guitar solo was too much, too rock, too edgy. But, I'm just a guy with an opinion and no songs on the radio:)
If that's nonsensical rambling, forgive me...I've been up a long time...T-Storms.
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And yes, people don't listen to music like they used to. I believe the last era of people seriously listening to music was around the psychedelic era. It slowly tapered off from there to now where people hear the hook and that's about it.
I don't know how to fix that. If I did, I'd become a consultant to the recording industry.
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I think a lot of this has to do with the lack of music education in high schools. Around here all of the money goes to sports while the arts, music and art classes, are being cut. High school marching bands are extinct around here. Back in the late 50s to the early 70s every high school in this area had a marching and symphonic band and all were pretty damn good! Also high school rock bands around here are non-existing. Again back in the day just about every high school had a couple of rock bands competing for jobs. The kids in these guitars, bass, Farfisa type keyboards and drum bands listened to records so they could copy/transcribe what they heard. In my high school music class we were taught how to listen to classical albums, rock and jazz was not accepted yet. I have a few students whom are ready to be in a beginner's band however they know no one whose plays an instrument other than what is taught in music class. But like I said those classes are being either cut or downsized. That is my take but YMMV.
The bumper sticker said "I'm a veterinarian, therefore I can drive like an animal".
Suddenly I realized how many proctologists are on the road.
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<...snip...> I think a lot of this has to do with the lack of music education in high schools.<...>
And that's a shame because sports damages children. I was reading excerpts from the yearly conference of the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine and the consensus was, "Don't let your child play tackle football unless you don't like him." Why? Most sports involve concussions - especially tackle football. The helmet protects the head, but not the brain slamming the inside of the skull. People who play football in school have about a 25% greater than average chance of getting Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other brain diseases later in life, and will get them earlier than average. So if you let your son or daughter play contact sports, you are increasing the odds of dementia when they reach old age. For pro ball players, it approaches 50%, for pro boxers about 75%. They called it "sports' dirty little secret". Music teaches the brain to work better, sports lead to early brain diseases. But sports make more money for the schools. Makes you not even want to watch the ball game when you know they are damaging their brains. It's a shame the schools focus on sports instead of the humanities. The humanities build the brain, and isn't that what school is supposed to do? Insights and incites by Notes
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