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The Magic of Music Music is more than a background accessory to chores and more than an excuse to drink. Music is the symmetry between emotion and expression. Words often fail and fall short, imprecise and clumsy but you can use a song to convey a feeling so much more accurately. Dont tell a girl you like her tell her she makes you feel like the first time you heard “Amber” by 311. A lot of great movies are often defined by their soundtracks and some of the worlds leading peace activists have been musical artists. Music is a refuge where we can all go and lose ourselves both in tough times and in celebration. Recognizing the importance of music is vital to the continued existence of music that is intrinsically good and not just marketable. You can make a book a best seller, a movie a blockbuster hit, and a record go platinum by paying the right people. Were being sold macaroni pictures as Picasso’s simply because money is the motive. Some bands are easier to market or fit into a more accessible economic niche. Thats what they say but in a world full pet psychologists, life coaches, and designer baby carriers how can there not be a market for good music? So can we blame companies for not driving through neighborhoods listening for unique music hoping that they happen to drive by a garage that produces this generations Doors and Van Halen? Of course not music is a Democracy and if the only ones voting are going to be tweens then all thats going to be remembered are the Biebers of the world. From the drummers in Napoleons armies to the soldiers to the hymns sung at churches music is an inextricable part of our oldest institutions. This isnt a new music revolution, art is always in a state of perpetual transformation. Music is the forefront of the arts, the most relatable medium of abstract expression. So get out there and enjoy local music. Listen to the artists playing music while waiting tables. Youd be surprised how much soul music can have when its not generating millions of dollars for someone and is instead the only medium someone can express themselves in. It doesnt have to be autotune, crappy lyrics written to stir up preteens, and studio magic. In the words of Winston Churchill: “The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them….Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.” -John Safari (JohnSafari) Orange County Music League
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:32:13 +0000

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