Happy New Year friends,followers,disciples and non-believers...I trust by now you can see and in a day or two you may even be able to walk and talk......
At this time of year The Soul Guru likes to peer into the future and see what is in store for us ...and contrary to most expectations I see great things....but that's enough about Southampton Football Club ;-)
This year I can see a further polarization between major labels and their continuous attempts to persuade people that X-Factor winners are genuinely talented and the cool independent labels whose commitment and belief in music as art grows stronger .
Believe it or not but The Soul Guru has an Honours degree in Biochemistry from the University of Sussex...genuinely TRUE....so when someone famous ( Einstein ? ) said " to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction " I see the future .
In 1976 the music scene was dominated by anodyne bland " pop "....mindless rubbish for the masses.....then PUNK happened...a reaction to the blandness of " pop ".......I truly believe that in 2015 we will start to see a genuine reaction to Cowell,Syco and the shit they think the public are too stupid too ignore.....I can't imagine how fucking awful it must be to work for Syco....
So the reaction is already happening...but instead of Punk it's street music of all genres,,,.rap,indie , Soul,metal...music created BY the people FOR the people
My friend Alan McGee is BACK....a great A&R and a true maverick...just like me
The future is in our hands....it's up to all the great,talented artists out there to keep us excited,engaged,energised......EXCITED
I still remember the feeling when I heard " Anarchy In The UK " for the first time....I didn't understand it but the feelings were visceral, raw , EXCITING.....
Let's do it !
The Soul Guru Loves YOU
X
At this time of year The Soul Guru likes to peer into the future and see what is in store for us ...and contrary to most expectations I see great things....but that's enough about Southampton Football Club ;-)
This year I can see a further polarization between major labels and their continuous attempts to persuade people that X-Factor winners are genuinely talented and the cool independent labels whose commitment and belief in music as art grows stronger .
Believe it or not but The Soul Guru has an Honours degree in Biochemistry from the University of Sussex...genuinely TRUE....so when someone famous ( Einstein ? ) said " to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction " I see the future .
In 1976 the music scene was dominated by anodyne bland " pop "....mindless rubbish for the masses.....then PUNK happened...a reaction to the blandness of " pop ".......I truly believe that in 2015 we will start to see a genuine reaction to Cowell,Syco and the shit they think the public are too stupid too ignore.....I can't imagine how fucking awful it must be to work for Syco....
So the reaction is already happening...but instead of Punk it's street music of all genres,,,.rap,indie , Soul,metal...music created BY the people FOR the people
My friend Alan McGee is BACK....a great A&R and a true maverick...just like me
The future is in our hands....it's up to all the great,talented artists out there to keep us excited,engaged,energised......EXCITED
I still remember the feeling when I heard " Anarchy In The UK " for the first time....I didn't understand it but the feelings were visceral, raw , EXCITING.....
Let's do it !
The Soul Guru Loves YOU
X
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