roots

Having a knack for indie music is starting to be what a "good" Vancouverite should do. It makes sense given that Vancouver has an excellent scene. Everyone is very up-to-date with the latest bands and culture and trends that follow along with the genre.

I'm guilty of not having a knack for indie. I am trying to get myself in-tune with it, and it's working out well, but my ears and my spirit is too in-synch with soul to fully appreciate indie. That's just how it's always been for me. My parents scarcely listened to rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, or the Beatles...artists that are considered influences of influences of influences of indie. Disco, soul, R&B, jazz fusion, and dance music did it for my parents...therefore it does it for me.

Put me up on a stage with my guitar and people probably think "Oh, another whiney chick with a guitar." This is why I say to my listeners "So who here really likes Tegan & Sara? Well, I sound NOTHING like that." And it's true. I don't. I don't ever plan to. That's not where I'm at. I also say to my listeners that we musn't forget legends like Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson...for their sound has a lot of influence on music today. While trying to keep-up with what's hot and new, it's also important to backtrack to our roots. When we absorb those raw musical elements in oldies, it becomes easy to pick-out forms of those elements in newbies.

Anyways, another useless blog to kill time.