I'm a guitar player; that brings with it a certain view of the world, a knowledge of many things otherwise ignored by other people. I share this with all other musicians, whether they know it or not. As a result of playing only the guitar, I have developed the (bad, bad, BAD) habit of tuning out the singer and listening to the guitar parts of songs.
This means that I can guage the relative skill that's being put into the song - not a precise art, by any means, but still a useful after-effect of being a musician. Listening to modern music, I have found that many people are staying with the safe options open to them - music in the easy key of C, and Perfect Cadences throughout. This, to me, is incredibly boring and monotonous. There are original musicians out there, there will always be, but it seems that the market (especially the mainstream) is being saturated with these people, many of whom ride a wave based not of their skill but of their celebrity, of their scandalousness, of their view in the public eye. I'm not saying that a public image is bad, far from it, but that it shouldn't be the starting point - I don't wish to sound corny, but it's all about the music.
Therefore, I'm going to try and get my opinions out onto this blog in a series of entries entitled "Originality in Music", in which I will (attempt) to guide you through my musical tastes and observations. It'll start with "Originality in Music Pt. 1: Acoustic Guitarists" and will continue on from there. Hope you enjoy it.
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