Marissa Machant OTM for once...

Heck, this is as close to "On the mark" as she will ever be. For what it's worth, I dont think using music for social reasons is a bad thing. And a number of individual points are worth disagreeing with. But as the irish say, Fair play to her.

Go-head miss marchant..

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I have analyzed the public. They listen to music for social reasons only. They desire to feel part of the crowd and the masses. They want to socialize and feel that they are part of the tribe. But people who listen to music for the shere sake of finding music interesting and inspiring will not just talk about famous people all the time. They will talk about obscure music. They will talk about obscure styles of music, not mainstream and not even indie. I can tell what the values are of a person, just by what kind of music they are listening to. When someone is listening to obscure music from all over the world, that means that they are opened to music and interesed in music for the sake of music. When they want to know how many records the person sold and how popular they are, I know that the person worships money, not talent. When they talk about record deals and not great music, I know they don't appreciate talent or music for the sake of music. When they donate to obscure talents, it is shows that the interest in music is much deeper then just talking about people who are well known in this country. Even other countries have their stars and people in those countries don't look any further. People who look way outside of the realm of their own socialization, and environs, are people who are sincerely interested in art and music. That is why I am mixing obscure world music into my songs now. The recordings on my site are nothing compared to what I am writing. I support very obscure talents. Do you? Do you care about music or just money? When people talk about nothing else but famous american or british talents, I think that the person is completely braindead. When people are not interested in world music that means they are not interested in music period. Because if the only music that someone can listen to has to be something that they were brought up with, then they are not really seeking music, but socialization in their environs. The reason that people talk so much about American megastars, is because they are not interested in music, but feeling cool and part of the crowd. People are insecure that they listen to music for only social purposes and they aren't interested in foreign music because they want friends in this country. The public is so primitive in their ways of thinking, that I had 10 thousand people on my site in a few hours because my prices were 1000 dollars a cd, and they were apalled. But they don't feel excited about talent, just numbers. That is how braindead our society is. They accused me of not loving music, when they wouldn't support me, even if I didn't ask for any money. They accuse people of not loving music, because they are projecting their own disinterest in music. I love music, they don't. They are not talking about how talented people are, but numbers and status. Their line up is bunch of circus freak and talentless circus freaks. The public is still talking about them. It is ludicrious! Pigs nustling at their breast, tatoos all over, wearing nothing but socks on stage, grabbing themselves, wearing lingerie, humping the floor, wearing t shirts that say bang on them, and they will do anything but learn the art of singing and playing an instrument or writing great music. They do neither. And people are still impressed with Micheal Jackson, and Madonna, and all the rest, even though they are as weird as hell, and talentless. Peace to you, Marissa Marchant