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<blockquote data-quote="Solitaire" data-source="post: 1266664" data-attributes="member: 15026">I'm 50 years old, and have played bass guitar since my teens. I've toured twice in my life, with two different all-original bands - studio time, signed autographs, sold albums/t-shirts, etc. One band almost made it (had Sony A&amp;R girl come down to FLA to watch us). With all that being said in order to provide some bona fides, I'll say that the only music I've enjoyed listening to in the last two decades is electronica/chill type stuff. Thievery Corporation is one example. There's something about the genre, the way the music is kinda trippy and relaxing, that makes me happy. Pop music is 99% garbage. Hip-hop is not within the bounds of the definition of music, in my opinion, so I don't need to even address it here.Digital distribution has completely changed how talented musicians are elevated to various levels of success. Most of the best music out there is being performed by local musicians in your particular town/city, sweating out the songs together in someone's garage or storage unit and playing because they love the stage, they love their songs, and they love the chance, as I did and occasionally still do, to help other human beings forget about the real world for a couple of hours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Solitaire, post: 1266664, member: 15026"] I'm 50 years old, and have played bass guitar since my teens. I've toured twice in my life, with two different all-original bands - studio time, signed autographs, sold albums/t-shirts, etc. One band almost made it (had Sony A&R girl come down to FLA to watch us). With all that being said in order to provide some bona fides, I'll say that the only music I've enjoyed listening to in the last two decades is electronica/chill type stuff. Thievery Corporation is one example. There's something about the genre, the way the music is kinda trippy and relaxing, that makes me happy. Pop music is 99% garbage. Hip-hop is not within the bounds of the definition of music, in my opinion, so I don't need to even address it here. Digital distribution has completely changed how talented musicians are elevated to various levels of success. Most of the best music out there is being performed by local musicians in your particular town/city, sweating out the songs together in someone's garage or storage unit and playing because they love the stage, they love their songs, and they love the chance, as I did and occasionally still do, to help other human beings forget about the real world for a couple of hours. [/QUOTE]

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