This blog was going to be about the injustice of how the music we are commercially surrounded by is, generally speaking, soulless and forgettable - a world where songs address nothing more than some girls booty or how to 'get a ring on it'. What happened to music being political? To making a statement and attempting to change the world? When did it all get so tame and watered down?
But look beyond that, or rather, closer than that, and music still exists with all its politics and passion and drive to get their message out to people. Unsigned bands, singers and musicians are out there every night of the week in every part of the country, being true to their music and everything it stands for. Yes, it's great seeing bands you know and love in stadiums and arenas, but take some time away from that and look at your local music scene. Chances are you'll find some amazing artists there that will touch your heart and soul.
Tonight I went to support my beautiful friend, A.dam A.sun.der play, supported by Skin For A Canvas. I'd not seen SFAC before, and was very impressed - they're lovely guys and they have created some truly great songs. Take some time to find them on youtube or facebook - they're well worth checking out.
I come to what I actually decided I wanted to blog about (finally)... A.dam A.sun.der. He's a very good friend, and yes, I do love my friends and will always speak well of them. But this I'm writing as independently of the 'friendship bias' as possible. Having said that, this sentence is full of friendship bias - I'm innately proud of Adam (forgive me, but I can't keep writing his full name with the correct punctuation!) for a number of reasons - one or two of which I'm not blogging about, they're his story to tell, not mine. I'm proud of the person he is, and the person he's becoming. I'm proud of the path he's walked, and is walking, it's not an easy one to take. Adam is true to his music as his music is part of the person he is. When he's playing and singing he does so with his whole self, his music is soulful - not like James Brown soul music, but rather, his soul is intrinsic throughout his music. It shows through by the fact that every time I see him playing, his tracks alter slightly from the last time he performed them. His heart impacts onto each and every performance, and each one reflects part of where he is at that point in time. It's not singing by rote which you can get with people who play and play with the end goal being 'to get famous' With Adam, he plays because he can't not. It's who he is. And I'm completely proud of him because he won't sell out and take the X-factor route of entering the music industry (which, by the way, he'd win hands down). He's playing the little venues, but he's touching the hearts of those he plays to, and that's a pretty special gift to have in my book.
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