Besides watching That '70s Show, I've also been listening to some older music. Bob Dylan, Journey, The Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, June Carter, U2, Simon and Garfunkel, Belle and Sebastian, The Rolling Stones, etc. It's just so...satisfying. Really, a lot of these people played because they loved music or they wanted to make a statement. They had a message and they put themselves in their music, for good or bad. And how genuine they are really hits deep and satisfies. It touches something. It might be my heart, maybe my soul, maybe my mind. I don't know. But it's real, real good.
Nowadays I turn on the radio and I hear coins jangling and record deals...oh it kills my soul, that lifeless music with empty words and plastic beats...nothing real about it. I'm a big fan of organic music. If you put yourself, your heart, your story, your vision into your music....you can bet I'll listen. If it's from the heart, it's sure to be messy. And oh, that's definitely what I love. A big, beautiful, wondrous mess.
My dear friend Sarah Eve has been making some beautiful from-the-heart music. I highly suggest you go check it out and let it bless you. She's pretty kick butt.
