‘Music never dies.’ If someone had brought that little sentence up in my awareness, maybe 20 years ago, I would’ve believed them. I would’ve thought, ‘music like this can never get old’, but now I would think differently. I might as well scoff at that statement too. Because, putting all manners aside, the so called ‘music’ we have today, sucks.
Our music is dying. I say dying because I still know some artists who make music with raw talent and passion. Our music industry has not truly gone into the dump, yet. What artists of today believe in is editing and various instruments that distort what little talent there is and crush it into auto-tuned crap. Back when people didn’t have that, they made music out of talent and creativity. And that sheer talent and passion for music reflected on their music and that is why the music of then is loved today. Music made then was immortal, literally.
Artists of today, like Nicki Minaj and Lady GaGa, who have made themselves famous by their money, and who have been encouraged by our speedily going downhill generation are making music, not out of love for music, but for the love of money. I doubt the artists of 80’s and 90’s cared more for money than music. The trouble is, there are still artists present today who have passion and talent, but what they don’t have is money to promote themselves. And without fans and supporters, they probably won’t last long.
People today still reminisce about the old music era and respect it or our 2000’s music era to be remembered and loved in the time to come, we need to stop supporting artists who run after money. We need to give a chance to those people who actually give a damn about music. By our support, they can make it on top hence, making good music on top. Because those mainstream artists don’t make music; they make money.
FATIMA MOTALA
Karachi
