Originally Posted By: Jim Fogle
I'm not trying to put words into Hear To Learn's mouth but, my take on what he is politely saying is most of the users that post in this forum do not follow current music.


Agree. I haven't listened to the radio in 20 years. "Current" music is far more widely varied than when I was young. There was rock, country and soul. Not all these niche genres. What is "Americana"? I have been told that Americana is everything that doesn't fit into other genres. Is Bryan Adams Canadacana? And British bands Briticana?

One great example of what I am trying to say is Radiohead. I had a prof in my Pro Tools class that went on and on about those guys. I listened to what was listed as their 10 best songs and was never so bored in my life. I came away with the opinion that they sound like burn outs who smoked way too much pot in their teens. I would never strive to create music inspired by Radiohead. Ergo, I am "not in tune with current music"?

I watched Austin City Limits last night. There was some band called the Avett Brothers. I thought their music was trite, banal, and just plain stupid. Neither of them can sing. At all. They yell, but they don't sing. But they are popular. So again, I guess I am out of touch. Plus they look totally unprofessional on stage.

How stupid would a short fat old white man look on stage rapping? That'd be me. So am I out of touch, or actually quite IN touch with who I am?

On some of the threads here, some of the PG staffers have commented about their favorite bands. I have pretty much never heard of any of them. That is a specific way of saying "To a man my age, with 40 year old children, they are kids. They are listening to their generation's version of my generation's Beatles."

I quit watching Lollapalooza when half the acts became DJs. I don't want to listen to a bunch of kids taking existing music and remixing it. That bunch doesn't write a single note of music. Nothing.

So, to topic, if anybody has the time to sift through the literally millions of combinations of styles and real tracks to try and come up with something "chartworthy", bless them. I, equally as literally, don't have enough years left in my life to do that. Nor do I have the desire. This is a hobby. I have no deep rooted idea that something I write will ever be on any chart, even "Joe's Chart of Stuff That Doesn't Fit Anywhere". I guess I could make up my own chart, but I probably wouldn't pick me.....

I should also add that I haven't watched the Grammys in about 15 years either. I have no need to know who "The award for the song with the most anger, vulgarity and sexism goes to...." I don't know how old you (HearToLearn) are. It seems like you are far younger than a lot of us. Some of these guys voted for Lincoln.....

Last edited by eddie1261; 04/25/18 04:32 PM.