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Walking in the Spderwebs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZktNItwexo
I used to look at her videos and think “this girl would be very attractive if she’d quit dying her hair pink, green and purple.”
I was right.
Since beginning to play the bass at age 44 in 1998, I’ve played in everything from classic rock, female fronted pop. big band, country, southern gospel and bluegrass. The whole live music thing is tanking as the record store did.
People that have been doing this since the 60’s or 70’s comment on how, “in the old days”, all you had to do was hang up a “live music” sign and watch the people pack the place. But those days are over, for a LOT of reasons.
It is said that Woodstock killed the hippie movement. Well, I think Guitar Center killed the music business. What I mean by that is that both made something that was “special”, mainstream. I’ve said, since I started playing, that being in a “bar band” today is like being on a softball team in the decades previous.
In other words, recorded music (especially) and live music, as well as those involved in the creation of music and recordings, are no longer respected as they were when music was “unique and special”.
And then there is the simple fact that people can enjoy amazing entertainment without ever leaving their home:
Surround sound 3D theater
realistic video games
FaceBook
Etc.
And then there is the cost and hassle of of “going out” to see a concert, a band, a movie theater, etc. Add to that the agressive enforcement of DUI laws. Where I live, even if you get a designated driver, a cop may pull you over and request a drunk passenger to exit the vehicle. Once that person’s foot touches the ground they are arrested for public drunkenness.
So yeah. This sort of venue is disappearing, as are the great music clubs that need more customers than their location can support. And playing at the Troubadour is no longer your ticket to the standard “rich and famous” recording contract.
I don’t shed a tear, though. It is the way of things. Who goes out to see a vaudeville show any more?