The Riot Grrrl Online Community
RGO's Social Network
Induce Vomiting If Swallowed
I don’t know how I should go about introducing myself - I’ve recently started a blog over at GuitarZero.org where myself and my compadres have begun a crusade to bring you the finest in underrated, unknown and underground music, both local and offshore. A few worth mentioning are; Riff Random, Nunchukka Superfly, The Hard Ons, Ghosts Of Television, Day of the Meerkat, Coda and The Church. These bands have inspired me and have reminded me that Australia’s music scene is just as strong as any out there - they’re just not out there.
Music never ceases to amaze me - no matter how old I get. There’s always something when listening to new good music that will remind me of something or introduce me to something foreign and makes me fucking feel. Feeling is the most important thing about music, there’s no doubt about it - you know it and I know it. What bugs me about the commercial and mainstream world is that they’re lying about these feelings. They’re bottling them up and manufacturing them, running them through auto-tuners and compressors and feeding it to us on television, advertisements, in films and on radio. It’s beyond disgusting - it’s a betrayal and ultimately, as insane as it may seem, a way of numbing what you know to be true and real.
You’re all obviously breathing right now, so you’ve noticed the big health nut going around us - telling us to eat healthy and be careful of what we put into our bodies etc - well, it’s no different with music. Just because it tastes good and it’s convenient doesn’t always mean it’s going to be good for you. The best comparison would be that of a big juicy steak up against a Big Mac - the satisfaction may come quicker and more conveniently but the overall end result is remarkably different. Instead of receiving all the correct proteins and vitamins etc your body requires, you’re getting a fraction of them and within minutes you’re no longer full and you require more - so they churn it out in numbers and you lap it up because it’s cheap and convenient. So you chew through all these songs and wear them out, waiting for the next one to come along - over and over again.
When it comes down to it, one song - just one song - can be as powerful as all the Big Macs that are thrown at you and it will fill you up every-time and you won’t need to keep going back and buying more. You just have to put more effort into it, whether that’s finding it, absorbing it correctly or listening to it with enough attention. Think about it, seriously.
“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution” - Bill Hicks
–
DN
Editor @ GuitarZero.org
Music never ceases to amaze me - no matter how old I get. There’s always something when listening to new good music that will remind me of something or introduce me to something foreign and makes me fucking feel. Feeling is the most important thing about music, there’s no doubt about it - you know it and I know it. What bugs me about the commercial and mainstream world is that they’re lying about these feelings. They’re bottling them up and manufacturing them, running them through auto-tuners and compressors and feeding it to us on television, advertisements, in films and on radio. It’s beyond disgusting - it’s a betrayal and ultimately, as insane as it may seem, a way of numbing what you know to be true and real.
You’re all obviously breathing right now, so you’ve noticed the big health nut going around us - telling us to eat healthy and be careful of what we put into our bodies etc - well, it’s no different with music. Just because it tastes good and it’s convenient doesn’t always mean it’s going to be good for you. The best comparison would be that of a big juicy steak up against a Big Mac - the satisfaction may come quicker and more conveniently but the overall end result is remarkably different. Instead of receiving all the correct proteins and vitamins etc your body requires, you’re getting a fraction of them and within minutes you’re no longer full and you require more - so they churn it out in numbers and you lap it up because it’s cheap and convenient. So you chew through all these songs and wear them out, waiting for the next one to come along - over and over again.
When it comes down to it, one song - just one song - can be as powerful as all the Big Macs that are thrown at you and it will fill you up every-time and you won’t need to keep going back and buying more. You just have to put more effort into it, whether that’s finding it, absorbing it correctly or listening to it with enough attention. Think about it, seriously.
“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution” - Bill Hicks
–
DN
Editor @ GuitarZero.org
Tags: bill, danny, day, ghosts, guitar, hicks, meerkat, nash, of, television
Comment
-
Comment by Immodium on November 5, 2009 at 5:38am - i love the hard-ons! theyre awesome :) lol
About
Badge
© 2009 Created by Greta on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
You need to be a member of The Riot Grrrl Online Community to add comments!
Join this Ning Network