Songs of Today

The songs that are written and recorded today are mostly the sign of the times . It can be created by the media (always are)  new life styles, deep thinking individuals, cultural uprising, young peoples problems and environmentally scenarios. Some of them written for the basic means of making money.

Anything goes in the content or words of the song, as well in the keys  they use to to lay the foundational part of the whole song. But it still come out good in the ears of most punters.

There are songs that included colorful English language, some into fast paced rap or hip hop, or slow slum twang r. n. b. but that is the beauty of song writing.

I have heard a fair amount of songs in my time especially around the Pacific Islands, some have beautiful rythms, nice lead guitars, ukuleles with the high note nylon strings, drums sounding like thunders out of heaven, these are the beauties of these sounds.

That was then…………..

Now everything is in digital. That little zero and one, sure it makes it easy to edit but the the ears are not stupid.

Now its very hard to capture those type of analogue sounds unless you have the old analogue equipment used by bands in the sixties, seventies and eighties.

The songs that recorded today are made in home garages, bedrooms and home studios. They are made on home computers that being sold in K Marts. Sound interfaces that used to cost thousands of dollars now cost under $800.00 and does not cost you that much more to produce.

The sounds that are recorded are samples that are used over and over that sometimes that thing called the ear says i heard that sound on last weeks top hit somewhere  in the States.

All in all songs are still coming out everyday, inspiration is the driving force and that is the only thing that we got, if we do not have inspiration it will be a boring and lonely world. Some times i live on inspiration, it gives me hope, and put in a song……….. Thats it

So irrespect of the equipment we record on, the place, the time as long we got inspiration nothing else matters but the songs of today.