NR'ers: The Outsiders (Page 2 of 2)

A while back I was using my treadmill regularly, and I would normally listen to melodic, high energy music, mostly 70's era rock. One day I was in the mood for grungier stuff, like War Pigs, Soundgarden, things like that, I can't remember exactly, but I kept finding myself short of breath!  I had to switch back to my regular music, and then I was fine.  I guess the music changed how my body utilized oxygen! 

I like all types of music, even the "darker" types, but I think it's good for people to understand music has a HUGE influence on our state of being.  I think the music effects us way more than the lyrics, though they are important too. 

But I have to say that I have yet to hear any rap music (not lyrics) of a quality that would raise, rather than lower my energetic state.  I'm not saying it's not there, I just haven't heard it.  To me, it's like the music industry is saying "How unmelodic can we make this"?  IMO, samples don't count.

I believe you though that it's out there, and this is why:  I thought for years that guitar playing was becoming a lost art.  In new pop and rock music it is very rare to hear a guitar lead.  If you do it's not difficult to play.  I go to concerts to see 70's acts and the opening bands, if they get radio play, they usually do not play well compared to their "along in age" counterparts.  Then I went to Nashville and saw some country and rock acts.  The talent blew me away, and I mean people playing 1 hour gigs with no cover!  I'm like "why aren't the talented people making it?"  Now, I don't know a lot about mainstream country, but it really makes me wonder -- I've never been to LA, but if you go there is there is there club after club of knock-you-on-your-butt talent that the record companies to see fit to support?  It's too bad because I think a good guitar lead can really raise consciousness, for example Jimmy Page in Ten Years After.