Musical Musings

It is time!

Many of you who have known me for any amount of time know my fascination with all things music. It is a passion of mine which I hope does not consume me to the point of sinful preoccupation. Perhaps it is because I am curious about the future of my daughters tastes in music or just curiosity that makes me ask the question of whats next?

You see for me in high school the punk rock scene was my niche, not the days of the clash, Dead Kennedys, or Black Flag, but the days of Lagwagon, NOFX, MXPX, etc. I would go to these shows frequently and loved them, I loved the community of friends around music, it was priceless. Towards the end of my high school days the hardcore scene was coming into bloom, which has since bloomed and mushroomed, to the point where divisions into subgroups such as emo, screamo, post-hardcore, nu-metal, metalcore, and my personal favorite and my current playlist SOUTHERN METAL (That genre just sounds cool, and is even cooler to listen to and behold, as i did last Tue. in Augusta)

But as I have thought, and continue to think about the changing face of music, I wonder what will be next. To be honest, when I listen to metal I am convinced that music could not get heavier (in sound, not weight, especially considering the fact that an mp3 is considerably lighter than a compact disc). Here is where I find myself contemplating as of late, what is the future trend of young American music? Will I be passed by, or do the hard work of listening, understanding and engaging it positively, and when needed negatively?

I guess the goal of this post is to encourage you and I to never be complacent and dismissal to music that simply isn't our taste (for me this includes hip-hop), but rather see and appreciate the artistry and engage the culture of music in a non-stereotypical fashion.

SDG

P.S. to those of you curious about this SOUTHERN METAL, check out my personal fave and latest addiction Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, or the likes of Once Nothing, The Showdown, or Memphis May Fire. All of these bands are believers in Christ who know how to rock for Jesus.