As I’ve written a couple of pieces now about music, perhaps I should put my musical tastes out there for all to see. As a background – I worked in the music industry many years ago in management, booking, tour management and PR before going on to many other lives and careers. Music has always been central to my life but sadly, like so many other armchair critics I neither play nor sing.
I will pretty much listen to anything, but currently on high rotation in my house and not counting what comes up on the shuffle:
Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan – the three staples! Muse, Porcupine Tree, Clutch, Devin Townsend Project – try it, its beautiful, Alice in Chains – eagerly awaiting the new album, Wilco – new album is stunning, Ryan Adams, Steve Hunter and the Translators – brilliant Australian jazz from the master electric bass player, Elana Stone band, Tower of Power and Parliament because everyone needs some funk in their lives!
So, for what my opinion is worth which isn’t much, I’ll post some short pieces now and then about my favourite music beginning with my favourite Australian bands Sydonia and Mammal.
As boy genius Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin puts it.. “I can’t stand when people say “support local music”. Support it because it’s good, not because it’s local and probably sucks”. I think both these bands have the potential to ‘make it’ in the sense of building a long term solid international fan base and being able to make a respectable living from their art while maintaining their ‘integrity’ (for want of a better term).
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