As now the venerable Ms. J. Baez and Mr. P. Simon (no relation) become the latest to march off into the proverbial rock and roll - or at least singer/songwriter - sunset, it serves as yet another harsh reminder that the end of an era is heading into the final stretch and rapidly running out of horses in the process....
As someone so involved with music on a daily basis and virtually consumed with it since the age of 11, do I have the right to judge when someone takes their passion about this art form just a tad bit further than the average bear? Because I can think of several examples from my past when my concern about a...
So as noted before... almost all classical music concerts are basically really good cover bands going at it, but they don't dress up like the original composers/performers. Then you have rock tribute bands such as the endless stream of Beatle doppelbangers that attempt to sound - and look - like the original artists.
So I went to see Chopin the other night. Only I'm pretty sure the fellow at the piano wasn't a 218-year-old Polish dead guy.
Do a blog! Do a blog! That's what they tell me. They implore me. I am a professional writer (in addition to being a musician and other stuff), so of course that's what I ought to be doing. But what should I write about? That's the question. And if the blog topic is about what blog topic to write...