I’ve always had a passion for music, and love all kinds of genres…However, I find myself stuck back in time with my music choices lately.  Am I the only one feeling this way? Everything being played on the radio now I feel is…..well……trash, for lack of better words.  People have always talked about how HARD it is to get into the music industry, with it being a cut-throat environment and all.  However, I just can’t see how HALF of these artists are even getting record deals.  WHERE is all the talent? I find more talent and passion from people playing in subways, cafes, and things of that nature rather than in the professional studios.  R&B is the MOST disappointing category of music to me now.  There is no more singing, there are no more musical melodies, everything seems to be more synthesized. Now don’t ge me wrong there is nothing wrong with that.  But like with everything in life there has to be a balance and in this case i’m just not finding any. 

The artists that existed maybe a generation or two before us, at LEAST new how to portray a message in song, eloquently through their words and how they used them. We as the listeners actually had to listen and interpret what they meant, and it showed a certain level of intelligence, you know something that not the “average joe” could pull off; I just don’t get the same from singers now if you can even call them “singers”.  The melodies have become so identical sounding from song to song.  Something needs to done, our music industry is really going down the tubes….