Blog: AWmusic

The downside to the sheer proliferation of music technology is that there's simply too much of everything. Anyone who can press a key or scramble together a guitar chord can sound semi-capable given the right tools. In other words, everyone thinks they're the Next Big Thing. A couple of years back we were overrun with thrash metal and boy bands. Today it's annoying female warblers, musical collectives and the overused singer-songwriter persona. Anyone who flies solo, swings a guitar and pens introspective lyrics is suddenly the next Lisa Loeb or John Mayer. It's a case of supply heavily-outweighing [...]