Golden era of music
I recently wrote this on my Facebook wall but it didn’t get much of a reaction. I also posted this with a soundcloud link, which was probably a mistake (people probably felt obligated to listen before replying, which was not my intention). Anyways, the quote was:
Listening to some italian dub. So much amazing music from around the world no longer constrained by media (vinyl, cds, tapes), record deals, location, or money. We really live in a golden era of music right now.
Artists are really able to reach a world-wide audience now. Something that was never possible in the 90′s without a lot of money (distrubution, tours) or luck. But today, a person just needs an intstrument (or a $500-$1000 piece of software), a mic, and an internet connection to reach the world.
Thus far, I have listened to tracks from France, Argentina, Italy, Germany, South Korea and releases from Poland.
So when I hear that the golden age of music has passed, I just smile. While no doubt that musicians and bands such as the Police, Queen, Michael Jackson, or Louis Armstrong had incredible influence, to say that it was the golden age of music is rubbish when 4/5ths of the world was ignored for decades (yes, ok, fine. There was Abba but they were a few of the exceptions and not the rule).