Wake up kids
We've got the dreamers disease
Age 14 they got you down on your knees
So polite, you're busy still saying please
Fri-enemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz
First we run and then we laugh till we cry
but when the night is falling
and you cannot find the light
If you feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget you only get what you give
Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile
we're flat broke but hey we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial
This whole damn world can fall apart
You'll be ok, follow your heart
You're in harms way
I'm right behind
Now say you're mine
Fly high
What's real can't die
You only get what you give
Just dont be afraid to live
..i heard this via my ipod on my drive back from gainesville today.
i'd heard the song easily 100+ times in my life, and it never hit me the way it did today.
that's the beauty of music.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
there is an obvious change.
I might not be able to pinpoint exactly what WILL save the music industry, but I think it’s safe to say that Myspace Music won’t be it.
Myspace has fallen on deaf ears; no one cares about music on Myspace anymore… unless they already know what they’re looking for. Users are far too overwhelmed with the multitude of bands who are “for fans of…” or who “really think you’ll like us.” As a Myspace-r, you get bombarded with messages… and quite honestly… users can’t bring themselves to care.
There are a ton of websites that have been created in the past few years that are trying to perfect what consumers (users/fans, whatever you want to call the general population) and artists want from a music website… but a lot of these sites fail to appeal to both markets (right now I am completely excluding venues, labels, management, and the like, who also play an undoubtedly important role in the music space).
Instead of working to fix what already exists, people are creating more websites and blogs, sending artists and fans in completely different directions… spreading their interest so thin that it is destined to break.
I can focus on the highs and lows of every single music website. I can point fingers and tell you what I think should be different… but until I step up to make a change, I have no right.
Something needs to change. Someone needs to put their foot down… say enough is enough… and do something that is going to count. Focus their every breath on something that is going to impact the masses. Sort and present music in a way that isn’t overwhelming… show people new things in a way that is inventive and intuitive… do something that will make people care, again.
And that is exactly what I want to do.
How? I am (and I have been) working on figuring out just that. Talking to the people who most realize the need for change (and a new model)… the people who have seen the industry go through the motions… the people who believe in the music… the ones who don’t just see dollar signs.
Wish me luck.
Myspace has fallen on deaf ears; no one cares about music on Myspace anymore… unless they already know what they’re looking for. Users are far too overwhelmed with the multitude of bands who are “for fans of…” or who “really think you’ll like us.” As a Myspace-r, you get bombarded with messages… and quite honestly… users can’t bring themselves to care.
There are a ton of websites that have been created in the past few years that are trying to perfect what consumers (users/fans, whatever you want to call the general population) and artists want from a music website… but a lot of these sites fail to appeal to both markets (right now I am completely excluding venues, labels, management, and the like, who also play an undoubtedly important role in the music space).
Instead of working to fix what already exists, people are creating more websites and blogs, sending artists and fans in completely different directions… spreading their interest so thin that it is destined to break.
I can focus on the highs and lows of every single music website. I can point fingers and tell you what I think should be different… but until I step up to make a change, I have no right.
Something needs to change. Someone needs to put their foot down… say enough is enough… and do something that is going to count. Focus their every breath on something that is going to impact the masses. Sort and present music in a way that isn’t overwhelming… show people new things in a way that is inventive and intuitive… do something that will make people care, again.
And that is exactly what I want to do.
How? I am (and I have been) working on figuring out just that. Talking to the people who most realize the need for change (and a new model)… the people who have seen the industry go through the motions… the people who believe in the music… the ones who don’t just see dollar signs.
Wish me luck.
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