Their rhythm guitarist was innappropriately expected to give us rhythm to follow. Because, in my mind, he played free-form guitar along side the tracks while the drummer and lead dude ,Sam Buck Rosen, played melodies and beats. The crazy part was that it worked. It worked really well for me. I totally understood the sound they were making. At first, it seemed like a noisy clash of ideas, but it began to meld together once I got used to the sound each musician was able to produce. Each part of the whole would have sounded like a mess of noise by itself, but fused together like they did, it really came out well. Noise+Strong Beats+Dissonance=Great Music?
Weird
I think their drummer was just really great at complimenting the unorganized vocals and harmonies from sam & the free-form rhythm of Zeke. He definitely gained my respect in his ability to tie it all together.
Now for some crazy talk
I'm not sure anymore. I've been listening to so much experimental music lately that I am starting to think/believe that all other styles are just wasting our time. Country, Rap, Jazz, Folk, Rock, Indie, just to name a few. They're all building up where someone else ended using the same musical concepts and vision with new catchy lyrics and different rhythms/progressions. I'm not saying that these styles suck, or that doing this process is wrong/bad. I just want to address the fact that it all just seems like the same goods processed differently. Like the difference between ...........I'm going to shut up now, that whole thought process sucked.
What are we paying for? That's all I'm asking. Entertain me for an hour, give me something to listen to while I get drunk tonight, don't annoy me, don't challenge the genre. Is this what people want to listen to? It's like a political candidate walking into office with the goal to try his hardest not to fuck up his predecessor's accomplishments. I am of the opinion that this guy is not utilizing his potential and not doing his job. Tisk tisk, challenge the genre, annoy the shit out of me, make me regret not being sober for this kind of musical display, blow my expectations out of the water and make me rethink the music I've chosen to idolize. I would gladly pay money for that.
Saturday Night Music.
After seeing all this great music Friday night, I had to go and spend Saturday night on Bourbon St to celebrate my friend's 21st birthday. I hate Bourbon St. with a passion these days, but I find myself going because it's what you do when a friend turns 21. I will inevitable return 2 more times before June for the same reason I went to Bourbon St. the last two times. Will I enjoy myself? Yes. Will I want to come back. No.
I hate Bourbon St. because the bars will inevitably have a cover band that plays what people from other cities have grown to not hate. Keith Urban, Journey, and 90s Alternative Rock. This whole adventure through Bourbon was what sparked my anger towards non-experimental music to begin with.
Why would a musician spend a good amount of time learning an instrument in order to play a slice of music they did not write?
Why do we have a business model for live music which embraces this concept?
Why do all cover bands play the same covers?
Why are there only 24 hours in a day?
Please humor my frustration and talk to me about this,
Loving unorganized writer of music whose head still throbs from Saturday night on Bourbon
