I’ve had a passion (love/desire) for music for as long as I can remember. I have always used it to escape the madness and chaos life can sometimes present. I also use it as a form of expressing myself when I can’t find words to do so (which in most cases, is all the time). Since infancy, music has been my companion… and has remained faithful and omnipresent in my life. Over the progression of time (and my being exposed to different environments and styles/genres of music and studying music history, etc.), my appreciation for music grew deeply. My eyes and ears were opened wide and my perspectives changed. During this period of musical “awakening†I came to the realization that mainstream (commercial/conventional) music (I sometimes refer to as noise) has taken a turn for the worst. Although I am sure that there are a number of gifted artists/musicians that still exist and get airtime, I feel that there are millions of gifted artists/musicians/producers who create music (with substance) that are rarely heard/heard of and aren’t recognized or appreciated as nearly as half as they should be…… Airwaves of both TV’s and RADIO’s have been contaminated with toxins such as POP and what some people call (out of their unawareness) HIP HOP. And just to clear things up for Christians because I get tired of hearing this: Hip hop is not a religion nor a demonic spirit. That is an insult… go back and re-research your arguments. And furthermore, artists such as Soulja Boy, AREN’T Hip hop artists!! Try The Roots or Mos Def or Talib Kweli or Diggable Planets or Little Brother or Jay Dee or Madlib or Foreign Exchange…. Do your homework boys and girls and quit branding music with names you don’t understand (by the way, what the heck is NEO SOUL??).
What’s my point? What am I getting at? I’ll tell you… I’m tired of hearing noise on the radio; stuff that sounds like it only took two seconds to write (both musically and lyrically). I’m tired of hearing sounds lacking soul… and I’m sick of hearing about the same thing… Money Cash Hoes…. Come on, it’s tired…. And Overrated.. So I want to bring about change.
I want to connect with similar minds.... be understood, and make beautiful tone art with anyone willing to share their gifts....
