Ryan's Gig Guide - April 2018

WWW. R YA N S G I G G U I D E . C OM rgg Apr 2018 - p.9 N i c k J Town s e n d i s t h e f r o n tma n a n d g u i t a r i s t f o r B r i t i s h b a n d We a k 1 3 An e x p e r i e n c e d Un d e r g r o u n d mu s i c i a n a n d mu s i c p r omo t e r , f i l m p r o d u c e r a n d a l l r o u n d g o o d g u y S u p p o r t e r o f o r i g i n a l mu s i c Everything's Been Done This statement is one of the most irri- tating ones I hear voiced by musicians and the general public; whilst yes it's painfully obvious that there are more songs and bands active, if you consider the actual simplified dumbed down content emerging from the mainstream music industry which you are pre- sented with as popular in modern times; it doesn't even come close to covering all the different forms and combinations possible in music.Today's music charts appear quite bland and ar- guably it's the large corporations con- trolling the output that are dictating this direction. The vocabulary for ex- ample used in present-day tunes ap- pears far more simple, primal and less creative than ever before; this standard is wrongfully calculated as the bench- mark for successful song writing and al- most implies that the audience is less intelligent. There's No Money In Music Often said by former members of bands that eventually split up or mut- tered by musicians who quit the indus- try; which suggests that their soul decree was to profit purely from their talent. Here's one way of looking at it, take acting for example; do you think Oscar and Golden Globe Award nom- inee Harvey Keitel regularly appears in car insurance commercials to enhance his acting career? Musicians often avoid many forms of earning money in the music and entertainment industry be- cause it's beneath them or they aren't prepared to compromise; that's a choice.