My music never had a "school" - does yours?
Most of the singers and performers that I listen to have years of hard work and dedication behind them and you can hear the results in their work. You can hear a genuineness - the real sauce - in their performance and in their voice. There must first be a genuine before their is a counterfeit.
Bob Seger, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Patti LaBelle and numerous other bands and individuals. These people are not "Who? Now! Next!" people that are those of today's music. They have staying power because they struggled for years to get to the top. They played in bars, casinos and other dives before making it big, and you can hear that life they lived in the rich sauce in their voices and in their performance. They weren't handed a ticket to the top. They worked hard for their position at the front of the pack, and that is the reason that they have the staying power that they do, and it is the reason that they are still there.
Go ahead and give the kids these days what they want, if you must. But don't ever forget the backbone - the richness and the royalty - of those that paved the way for the "Who? Now! Next" crowd of today. As I stated in the intro - My music doesn't have a "School" - does yours?
- Michael
Most of the singers and performers that I listen to have years of hard work and dedication behind them and you can hear the results in their work. You can hear a genuineness - the real sauce - in their performance and in their voice. There must first be a genuine before their is a counterfeit.
Bob Seger, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Patti LaBelle and numerous other bands and individuals. These people are not "Who? Now! Next!" people that are those of today's music. They have staying power because they struggled for years to get to the top. They played in bars, casinos and other dives before making it big, and you can hear that life they lived in the rich sauce in their voices and in their performance. They weren't handed a ticket to the top. They worked hard for their position at the front of the pack, and that is the reason that they have the staying power that they do, and it is the reason that they are still there.
Go ahead and give the kids these days what they want, if you must. But don't ever forget the backbone - the richness and the royalty - of those that paved the way for the "Who? Now! Next" crowd of today. As I stated in the intro - My music doesn't have a "School" - does yours?
- Michael
