@tallisman
a thin line, thick skin, steel resolve
<b>a thin line, thick skin, steel resolve</B>
<B>i</b>t is an amazing, and odd thing this: making art and parading it before the masses. those who do it for the sake of the art-form--to contribute to the canon, to elevate it, to expand the boundaries governing the genre--often feel frustrated by the efforts of entertainers and industry folk whose primary motive is bottom line. Many pimp and prostitute the arts for bucks and fame and leave a plethora of mediocrity in their wake.
<B>t</b>o borrow from a source of inspiration and lend it to this context, think J5 and think thin line. Artists walk a very thin line. Of paramount importance, is the expressive voice finding life on their canvas of choice--paint, movement, stage, mic, sp1200.
<B>t</B>his is the world, and life, filtering through my perception, my beliefs and my integrity... struggling to find its voice in my music. Like any voice it yearns for the receptive ear. Those ears that are sympathetic love the music--the lyrical content, the flows, the feelings evoked, the little piece of soul that is on offer for embellishment of their cypher. But, the artist needs to eat too, and the message needs to reach. Therefore, we need to find a balance (like atmosphere), we are looking for a balance: while i am no advocate of formulaic musical composition, we still need the right formula: <I>artistry</I> in terms of music and lyric, some <I>bumpability</I>, some <I>funk</I>, the <I>head-nod factor</I> and <I>quality control</I>. Believe me when i tell you a touch of mass appeal will not hurt your career, your music, and if your head is on right--connected to your heart and soul, it will not hurt your integrity either.
<B>e</b>ven with all the right ingredients, there will be folks who don't feel it, can't understand it, don't like it, and use words like crap and poopy and ain't real, to describe it. Let your skin be thick and your armour impenetrable. Stay focused on the voices of you calling as the resonate from your soul throughout your being--do not cross them, undervalue them or deny them, or they will dissipate and be lost.
<B>y</B>ou need to be detached from self enough to remain untouched and undaunted by the non-constructive criticism of naysayers. You need to be attached enough to that inner voice the driving catalyst in your artistic endeavours, to steel your resolve.
<B>y</b>ou got music (visual art, dance, theatre, writing) to make. Make it. Do it for yourself, and humanity, and for the sake of art. Do it to appease that creative voice - an unheard voice is a lonely.
--this is what I will tell my sons when they begin to create.
boogiewitchabadself!
.Tallis
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Talis - If you do not make it in music, your calling is a writer. When I listened to your songs they were lyrically superior than most. This post just proves that you have a great writing sense.
Very well said!
I've just had the pleasure of listening to three of your songs, and I have to say that your strength is in the writing -- you have a super way of saying what you say, and it is very absorbing. This is coming from a an old dog of a guy who never really listens to hip-hop, rap, and so on. The backing tracks are fine, by the way, and they do work well in that they hook the listener into the song -- but I think you have a unique way of expressing things -- and without a lot of the "MF" this and that I hear in this type of music. If hip-hop is about the poet expressing himself, then you are one of the few true poets doing this type of music.
Glad to welcome you and your songs aboard. You are a true warriorm indeed.
Peace,
Paul
absolutely ditto what Tsar said.. a warrior is ALWAYS welcome.. I would only add the rage is not just against the music machine..
it's against the de humanization of humanity.. against the greed that is destroying culture as well as environment.. the more
songs uniting us all against babylon the better the chances of collective survival.. we are not different genres and styles..
we are musicians.. united for change and reform.. (hahahahaha.. lol).. well as a true king said.. " I have a dream".. peace..
Well said Tallis !
The sad part ?
The sad part is that most who consider themselves to be "artists",
don't realize that they are being pimped by the labels,to pander to
marketing schemes planted by the labels upon an unsuspecting public.
It should not be up to the label execs to tell people what to like,or what they should be buying or listening to.
There's a revolution coming in the inddustry,and we who are dedicatd independent artists are battling in the trenches everyday to start it.
Once people hear material on sites like this one and other independent music sites,they are sooner or later going to realize that the crap being spoon-fed to them by the media is just that; crap.
I say "Welcome",to another true warrior.
Peace,and respect,
Tsargoth
Heartfelt and sincere comments from a man that loves and believes in his musical accomplishments. That I respect and admire........Welcome to iMS..
all the best,
"wolf-wolf"