Read this.
There’s things about the music industry, the music press, and institutionalised music teaching that have always felt just a bit wrong. Sometimes when I think about the way we rate and consume music, and compare that with the way every culture on earth has used music since we stopped being chimpanzees, I wonder if we are missing the point. This post isn’t to point fingers, mind you, because I engage with the modern music industry on a daily basis, and I include myself in those missing the point. I’m just trying to come to terms with it.
I’m gonna juxtapose a bunch of little disconnected stories and then hopefully get to the point at the end.