MadMike's Blog

The declination of ( rock ) music as we know it , is evident when we , as a nation, vote for talent from TV shows like American Idol, Nashville Stars, and the like. Generations of music past were not determined purely by looks, but TALENT, the real kind, not just some thrown together junk we have today. Bands or singers spent long, hard hours practicing on their performance, not just showing up at an audition ( loose term ) on TV, in front of judges, and in most cases, screeching out a song that the person has no vocal range for. Sure, we had rock bands that had lead singers screetch, but more could actually carry a note. Nowadays, a mixing board makes complete songs, without a singer, But rock, and I mean TRUE rock, had guitars, bass, and drums. In ten years from now, your voted AI "flavors of the month" will all but disappear, and probably never get voted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where the real music lives.