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RANDOM THOUGHTS - Newsflash - I just figured out why Led Zeppelin and Van Halen are the greatest hard rock bands ever. No one can touch their dynamics. Soft to loud and back, silence, explosion, intensity, dramatic building. When it comes to classic rock, why would you even want to listen to anything lesser than Zeppelin, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Yes, the Beatles, the Stones and others of that ilk? No one is even coming close today, I just don't get it. I am inspired by talented, great, virtuoso entrepreneur-like people whether it be in music, art, sport, literature, business, whatever. How did they get there and what sets them apart from everyone else? Talent, hard work, drive, vision, etc. I dislike group-thought. Most people use groups as their power base to deal with someone undesirable because they can’t do it on their own. They will use the group power against someone who doesn’t conform to their values. This happens to me all the time because the values of most people are average, lame, mediocre, selfish and non-visionary so why would I want to be part of that? They love to form themselves in bunches or puppy packs to pit themselves against someone with ½ a brain. This puts me on the outside pretty quickly in a lot of settings because I usually can’t hide my disdain very well. The people who like me are usually intelligent, able to think well for themselves. Often, they are not in power. My motivation for almost any song is to capture a mood properly. Usually intense moods. Average moods are not worth much for music. There needs to be soul. It could be intense joy or deep despair. The human condition usually tends toward the second one so you might be hearing more of that. I'd like to create magic the way Zeppelin and Yes do in some of their tunes. Very elusive, not easy to achieve. A lot of elements need to come together for that: depth, energy, virtuosity, intelligence, animal power, popularity, being uninhibited. The only way you can even approach it is to be honest with where you are at the moment. You can maximize where you are but you won’t be able to write something like "The Song Remains the Same" unless you’re already a famous rock star. The popularity can be harnessed by the right individuals. I
want to bring back classic rock as the king.
If you support this outlook, get my
CD and I'll continue making my contributions toward
that goal. Day
after day. Year after year. Let’s
bring that vibe back to popular music where it should
be. The
Zeppelin vibe, the Floyd vibe, the Beatles vibe, the
Stones vibe, the Yes vibe, the Who vibe, the early Van
Halen vibe, the Hendrix and Cream vibe.
You know what I’m talking about, the special
vibe that doesn’t exist any more.
It needs to exist again and be strong.
The vibe in music from ’66 to ’80.
Those amazing years need to be reinstated.
That groundbreaking time needs to be revisited
and expounded upon.
Music is not at that level now.
It has regressed.
It’s time to move it forward again.
Time to do new, amazing, popular,
culture-changing and virtuosity based music.
Why can’t anyone or any band seem to do all
this? Talent
and knowledge should have increased.
The problem is in attitude.
The testosterone/adrenaline/angry type of bands
and performers don’t have the beauty, soul,
sensitivity and virtuosity.
The melodic performers don’t have the balls and
edginess. Can’t
someone put it all together?
The intelligence, beauty, vision, diversity,
edginess, sensitivity, sensuality, raw power, spiritual
magic with some kind of message? There’s 6 billion people on earth. You’re telling me that no one can put this magic together with all the elements? Bullshit. It can be done and it will be done. Don’t make music unless it contributes toward this end. Go back to the pathetic corporate world and waste a good portion of your life. Paycheck only, no meaning, no soul, no individuality, no growth but on the positive side you're able to mingle with cookie-cutter soulless drones. The less individuality, the better in the eye of the beast. No gracias. Comments about guitar influences:
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