That’s me, in the vibrating car. I like speakers, I like the bass you can feel on the sidewalk as I drive by–screeching highs and pounding mids. I like music. Perhaps I have already struck a chord with some of you out there. My guess, however, is perhaps not. If you are like most of America, the question you are thinking right now is “Why?” That all can be summed up in one simple word: obsession.
You see, I have an obsession with music. It started years ago, with groups like the Chemical Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, the Crystal Method, and many, many others. Pounding bass lines of the Prodigy traded play time with the moving rhythms of Quest Love’s crazy sticks, all of which played a crazy game of scrabble in my head. A kid turned into an admirer, an admirer a fan, and a fan into an artist.
How easy is it now, just to get the tunes you love? Not to say that I don’t love CD’s. I do, but now you can burn your own. Need a CD with your favorite Tupac? Easy. Want mixes in your ride? Burn ’em. What good is going and buying the new David Banner album when it just won’t fit into that dang iPod.
These days I make my own music. Taking the parts I love about certain groups or songs and jumping from those edges into something primordially surreal that, for some reason, only I can hear until I have laid it down. America’s music scene is growing more rapidly than ever before, fueled by the software industry’s great minds creating programs starting from the technical difficulty of solitaire, all the way to running your own audio “reactor.” All in the name of music. Now it’s easier than ever to make your own; and if you are like me, then you are dying to.
If you don’t know the difference between Reason and a raison, then check this out. www.Futureproducers.com. If you are the least bit interested in music critiques, composition, the DJ industry, artist collaboration, or even just the underground scene, then start here. The days of the CD are slowly fading away as digital takes the scene by storm.
What good are your discs when your iPod is like your second ears? Join the underground, and if you can’t find the stuff you need at FP, then just hit the many links and start your music query there.