We’ve all had the experience of listening to music that just seems like noise to us, about as interesting and meaningful as feedback. Speaking of “Feedback,” I just took a listen to Janet Jackson’s new single “Feedback.” It is indeed a lot of noise. Now, I’m not saying it’s bad and I certainly have enjoyed some of Janet’s music, but how much of it is her?
I guess the “Johnny Bravo” idea has stuck with me all these years—that’s the Brady Bunch episode where Greg ditches a recording career because the record producers are more interested in the costume and the sound of the record than whether or not it sounds like Greg Brady aka “Johnny Bravo”. I guess I figure that when you hear a Billy Joel song, you go, “Kudos to Billy Joel for that song,” because he writes and plays instruments, so that whatever it sounds like, you assume it was all him. But for someone who’s not a songwriter (right?) and only has her voice to give to a recording, with a song like “Feedback,” with wall-to-wall sound that covers and distracts from the singer, you wonder what the appeal is for the singer. Would it sound a lot different with someone else?
I guess I need to get with the modern music world.
That’s it for David Hayes aka D-Boy featuring Slap-Happy and Big-Town, produced by Sinclair Sound for How’s This Sound on a Logitech Keyboard at Nowhere Studios. (We could fill the stage at the Blogger.com award show).
