| well sunday we had a layover in Chicago...so we had to sit in the airport for 2 hours at about 7am...the guys crashed on the floor of the airport...i think that is one of the imperative characteristics you must possess to be in a band...the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime...
anyway, i wasn't in the mood to fall asleep and wake up with my neck hurting...so i watched " i walk the line" and...i have been reading Johnny Cash's autobiography, and man, i'm getting a lot out of it!!! one of the things that's hit me the most is how SIMPLE the musical experience used to be. then as an artist you HAD to be able to do what you recorded 'live" without accompanied vocal tracks, etc. it was all about that "live" REAL experience...now, due to all the technological accomplishments we have (which im not saying are always bad) ANYONE can BE a singer. for instance, the industry can pick a pretty face, put them in the studio, and though they may not be able to sing a lick, they just go back and digitally fix their bad pitch. then they sell their face and body, rather than their music...back in the day, they were passionate about the music itself, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!!! it was all about the MOMENT! whether it was motown, johnny cash, bob dylan, hendrix, joplin, etc...they went in the studio, plugged in, and everyone would just play/sing at the same time...they HAD to do it right! it was ONE SHOT! No one coming in and fixing it...it was raw emotion
so amongst all of our technological advances i think we have somewhere lost the appreciation for something really special! it's the love for the REAL DEAL, love for the art, the writing, the music and those REAL moments...yes, people still appreciate it, and there are a ton of great writers, singers that are popular...i'm not implying there aren't...it's just...i dunno...it just seems the simplicity has been lost, and that passion for the music, the deep fascination and love of that isn't like it used to be...that's something we have exchanged for convenience here...the simplicity and vulnerability.
this is all really deeply burried inside and just starting to surface, so making my thoughts make sense is kind of difficult right now...it's just something that's been on my mind and im having more of an appreciation for...
ps. i love johnny cash. |
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| Well this is my first entry ever. i think i have had this account for...um, i don't know how long, but long enough to post a lot! so here it is...my first post which says all of nothing, but that's the way i like it for a first post! :) tis' time to say more later! so hello! :)
-sara
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