Lets give this a try…

Hi everyone! Last night I was having trouble sleeping so I decided to evaluate my current state of affairs. I realized that there is a void in my life that has been bugging me for a long time. This void is the absence of free, creative writing. The only writing I ever do is for school, and believe me, philosophy papers are not exactly Disney World. While I love to write, the reason I never do it on my own is because I never had anything to write about. What is a subject that I am knowledgeable and passionate about? So, the big revelation I had last night is…how about I write about music! So here I am now, writing this rambling introductory post for all of you to read (“you” meaning the like 3 people I’ve told about this). How exhilarating. Expect an actual post regarding, you know, music, sometime soon!

The purpose of this blog is to enlighten the unenlightened about today’s independent music scene. Sometimes I will review albums, other times I will rant about current affairs, and sometimes I will copy and paste countless .gif images of 1 Girl 1 Cup over and over again (just kidding…maybe). While no one notable has declared that music is, in fact, dead, I do hear a constant stream of griping regarding 21st Century music as a whole. Cookie cutter club tracks dominate pop radio. The M in MTV barely stands for music anymore. Soulja Boy has made more in his teenage years than most people make in a lifetime. But behind the thick veil of straight businessmen in artist’s clothing, there is a rich, boundless music scene that can cater to anyone. The antithesis to modern music’s money grubbing vice is the sheer breadth of genres and subgenres and subsubgenres and beyond. Myspace, Youtube, P2P, iTunes, and the Internet in general has created a revolutionary way to discover new music. In the past, people depended on music magazines and the dude in the local record store for recommendations. That era has ended. Listen to your favorite song and your media player recommends other artists to check out. There are no limits.

Unfortunately, this boundlessness can be overwhelming. That is what I’m here for! I love discovering new artists and genres to listen to, so I spend much of my time doing so. In short, I will write about good music that you should listen to. So you should read it. And then listen. And then have an eargasm.

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