Most people are thinking ‘do I like this song or not’
It’s very simple.
But it’s not a conscious thought, that question is merely the underlying barometer of the action they’re taking.
They’re not literally asking that question, but instead they are turning it up or turning it off. There’s no hemming and hawing, or trying to figure out how to make the chorus better…there’s no DECIDING if the song is good.
I’m reminded of this every year during CMA week in Nashville. People from all over the globe come to Nashville because they like country music. They’re not concerned with how bro-country is too bro-country, or how pop the country song sounds, or if the co-writers were Nashville writers or LA writers, or if the act truly grew up in a small town and owned a pickup truck and had bonfires every night of the summer where the drank beer on a tailgate.
They just like it. They like the music.
And it an odd way, it’s always refreshing.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabe@gabethebassplayer.com