Friday,
November 15, 2013
RICH STRANGER: Have GUITAR & VOCALS/ Will TRAVEL & ENTERTAIN
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What Is The STATE Of MUSIC
Art, Performance & Entertainment In
Art, Performance & Entertainment In
THIS DAY & AGE
Since
this is my first contribution and post to this blog, I wanted to start off with
something topical, and yet not to “heady”.
We all (hopefully) know the state and time of man & woman in our
society and culture (or better yet the lack thereof). We can either choose to turn away
apathetically, confront, or choose to rise above it all, and seek some type of
solution.
Historically, any great or even non-descript movement has been out of time and place with the civilization and culture that it existed and evolved. Great composers and musicians like Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and even Chuck Berry were never fully appreciated by their own contemporaries. In fact often ridiculed, dismissed, and even outlawed by the powers-that-be in their cultures, it was only their audiences, and in particular the generations that came after that realized the true genius and artists that they actually were and are!
We live in a society and culture (or lack thereof) that is beyond technologically driven, but obsessed! People, places, and things change at the speed of nano seconds and the swipe of a screen. Attention spans are lucky if they last thirty seconds, and this is quickly deteriorating.
As Josef Broz Tito once described the beginning of the end of Communism, and his own dis-enchantment with the false promises and outright corruptness: “That any movement that seeks to perpetuate itself, in turn becomes reactionary”.
I could go on and on about how dismal it is, and how it will continue to decline, because if technology is the new economy we will continue to be slaves, and for the most “techno-peasants” of what will be remembered as the new DARK AGES.
Historically, any great or even non-descript movement has been out of time and place with the civilization and culture that it existed and evolved. Great composers and musicians like Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and even Chuck Berry were never fully appreciated by their own contemporaries. In fact often ridiculed, dismissed, and even outlawed by the powers-that-be in their cultures, it was only their audiences, and in particular the generations that came after that realized the true genius and artists that they actually were and are!
We live in a society and culture (or lack thereof) that is beyond technologically driven, but obsessed! People, places, and things change at the speed of nano seconds and the swipe of a screen. Attention spans are lucky if they last thirty seconds, and this is quickly deteriorating.
As Josef Broz Tito once described the beginning of the end of Communism, and his own dis-enchantment with the false promises and outright corruptness: “That any movement that seeks to perpetuate itself, in turn becomes reactionary”.
I could go on and on about how dismal it is, and how it will continue to decline, because if technology is the new economy we will continue to be slaves, and for the most “techno-peasants” of what will be remembered as the new DARK AGES.
I would
rather than to continue to describe and highlight the obvious problems and
shortcomings of LIFE on “technologies” TERMS, start a dialogue and discussion
about some of the solutions that may be available.
One of my major causes and interests, as many of YOU know already, IS The SUPPORT Of local MUSIC (Art, Crafts & CULTURE) In OUR Communities! Let us end this first POST of this BLOG here, and ASK ourselves just HOW are WE choosing to SUPPORT local MUSIC In Your Community????
This will hopefully be “the topic” of our NEXT post….
Until then IF YOU or yours want to contact me, comment, or otherwise CONSTRUCTIVELY
(and I emphasis the word and term “constructively”) criticize MY Blog; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE(S); ENTERTAINMENT; BUSKING; Productions; etc. PLEASE subscribe to this BLOG & feel FREE to JOIN & LIKE my fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/RICH-STRANGER-Have-Guitar-Vocals-WILL-Travel-Definitely-Entertain/201389649924280
One of my major causes and interests, as many of YOU know already, IS The SUPPORT Of local MUSIC (Art, Crafts & CULTURE) In OUR Communities! Let us end this first POST of this BLOG here, and ASK ourselves just HOW are WE choosing to SUPPORT local MUSIC In Your Community????
This will hopefully be “the topic” of our NEXT post….
Until then IF YOU or yours want to contact me, comment, or otherwise CONSTRUCTIVELY
(and I emphasis the word and term “constructively”) criticize MY Blog; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE(S); ENTERTAINMENT; BUSKING; Productions; etc. PLEASE subscribe to this BLOG & feel FREE to JOIN & LIKE my fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/RICH-STRANGER-Have-Guitar-Vocals-WILL-Travel-Definitely-Entertain/201389649924280
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