Who's Listening?

Hey everyone!!  Hope you all are enjoying my project thus far.  I'm just over a month into the writing and I'm really having a great time with this.  My ReverbNation player and my Feedburner site are giving me some great stats for my sites... such as how many plays I'm getting, how many widget hits I've had, how many fans I have and so on... So... 

I encourage any and everyone to post a comment, check out the tunes, download a song or two if you like em', check out the videos, join the mailing list or become a fan... I'd also like to thank everyone who's been listening!!  I've had a lot of positive feedback.

Well, the last few days I've been writing about close friends, family members, relationships/dating, opinions I have on other artists, and paying homage to a very dear friend of us musicians... See if you can tell which ones are which.

I'll tell a little story about one of the tunes... I was recently reading a magazine that I frequently check out called... well, I guess I shouldn't say the name... but, its a great mag relating to all that is an indie artist.  The writing is good, the articles are insightful, and I'm able to check out a lot of cool artists that I've never heard before.  This particular issue however, had a few artists that said some pretty stupid and irritating things.  

One of the reviews had a girl talking about how she really never listened to music that much because that detracted from her artistic direction... Wow.  I can't imagine not listening to music, ever.  Its never been a chore or a negative experience at all.  I love checking out old stuff that I haven't listened to in a while and discovering new and intricate details that somehow got by me the first 100 times.  I love coming across the next beautiful artist or songwriter like Justin Vernon of Bon Iver or this group I like called Yo La Tengo.  

Another article had this guy who said he kind of played 7 instruments.  You kinda play 7 instruments?  What does that even mean?  Is that to say that you don't really play one very well?  So... you want me to check out your music knowing that you're proud of the fact that your playing or singing is average at best?  

Finally, in yet another article about this really interesting little musical collaboration (sarcasm intended), I read about a girl who never really considered herself a musician until about 6 months ago.  Come on, really?  6 months ago?  What happened in that time frame?  Oh... wait, I know... you're rock-star boyfriend convinced his record label to give you guys a deal!!  Now you're a musician.  Way to go.  I don't know if these people were just saying this stuff because its cool and 'indie' to act nonchalant-- or because they really meant what they were saying.  Either way I didn't want anything to do with they're movement.

Basically, these articles did the opposite of what they're supposed to do.  After reading them, I did not want to go out and listen to their music.  I didn't want to read another word.  I did not want to check them out the next time they might be playing a show.  I take immense pride in my strengths and weaknesses as a musician.  I have a lot to learn about a lot of things but I also have conviction about what a musician is and what he/she isn't.  I'll be a student of music until I the day I die.  I do play one instrument well, I love listening to music all the time, and I've considered myself a musician for a long time...

And that is the story of my new song entitled "I'd Never Buy Your Record Now".  Hope you like it!!