Ya know all those rumors back in the day that pop music (mainly rock) had satanic messages in it, and that these supposed messages would destroy this country’s youth? Well as ridiculous as those claims were, a recent one made about Lady GaGa makes those seem as plausible as gravity. Apparently a blog calling itself The Vigilant Citizen argues that GaGa is nothing more than an an “Illuminati puppet.” *Sigh* Yes, this newest rumor, claim,…
Grammys Can’t Headbang
Yes, this column is months and months late. Get over it. I wasn’t writing for ZME in February and, more importantly, I have a valid point to make. So here we go. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences doesn’t know shit about music. The Grammy Awards used to mean something and were actually worth paying attention to. I don’t know when the award’s value began its downward trend. Perhaps it was when Album…
The Death Knell of music?
It’s been called one of the defining sounds of this era as well as a trend [that became] a gimmick. TIME Magazine acknowledged it as a rare gimmick that can lead to innovation. Rick Rubin has called its use lazy and argues that using it can remove the emotion from a performance. All this over a simple computer program? Yes, Auto-tune has both captivated audiences and caused tidal waves of hatred usually reserved for Twilight…