Music of the modern

To me, good music is a collaboration of sound that makes you really feel alive. It is something that has flaws just like all good humans. It is as alive as each and everyone of us. Continually changing.

The best kind of music isn't perfect. Without imperfections, the music would seem robotic and sub human.

When it comes down to it, music is one of the sole sources of expression within modern society. Many people work 9-5 jobs, bored shitless everyday. But on the way to work they're singing their hearts out, spewing out their emotions. Then it's straight back to their normal, polyrhythmic life.

Personally, music makes me feel like I belong to something. Like nothing else matters. Like I can be myself and be proud of it. I can't say I am stuck to any one genre of music because I find any type of music interesting as each piece tells it's own story, and in some ways reveals another shade of life for me. I go through extreme phases where I am so into a specific band it is fanatical, but then I get over it and move on. I think this approach gives me the depth to really know each band and their story deeply in order to make a judgement on their overall sound and style.

I find the warmth and energy from Math Rock refreshing with the likes of Foals gracing the genre. Their frenzied, angular melodies make my body want to wrap around the high frequencies and tame them in the most elaborate, interpretive way. Their frequent changes in tempo and long breaks give their songs a free, expressive value which you can tell are very personal.

Most of the modern music lacks heart and balls. Many songs are no longer written in a suburban basement with a band who has worked hard for fourteen years to get where they are, gone through hell and back, and lived to tell the story through song. They are written in the middle of a city in a 34 story building by a panel of producers and sung by a swimsuit model who has been taught how to sing (and has had their voice tweaked on auto-tune in the studio).

The lyrics all follow the same storyline. "I was an innocent girl. I saw a cute boy playing football. I got butterflies when I talked to him. We went on a cute date. We kissed. I was his girlfriend. He broke my heart. I hate him."

Music in the place I live is a subconscious fashion. The essence of music is quite lost in my surroundings. Music is meant to be a means of personal expression by reflecting our individual personalities. No people have the exact same music taste. But the people in my town are sub consciously, or consciously, I don't know, selling out on their own beliefs. Selling out on their music.

Basically, the music scene where I live is filled with steroids, sweat and RnB, all footy heads pumping themselves with hot air and exploding it on some innocent kid. They usually hunt in packs of about three or four, looking for their next prey. Women. Teenagers. Whoever. This is pretty much accredited to a club called "The Sands."But I like to call "The Den." It is located in Coolangatta right smack bang in the middle. The footy heads come in flocks straight from footy practice, get some Tooheys into them, and go on the prowl for some youngens who got into the club on a fake ID, then fight afterwards.

What my town needs is a dose of individuality, a wave of individual thought, bloody hell, give it some balls. Music isn't about the image, or what everyone else is doing. It is an expression that comes straight from the love muscle. It controls our deepest emotions. Maybe i'm being too hard on these footy heads, they may just like this music. After all it is their personal expression. But if you knew the scene like i did, you would cut me some slack for being so critical.

I am starting to see a slight wave of true people who are into music for the right reasons. The place I would like to congratulate for putting their balls on the line is Neverland Bar located only 20 steps away from "The Den." They have started to bring my local some true tastes of music which is undoubtedly tantalising the ear pussies of local beauties and beasts. These people also come in flocks, but not to fight or take advantage of young women. They come from often far lands to give their love muscle a work out. They are feeding their desire for true music. Feeding off the vibe this place gives. Even though it is quite small, the heart and passion this small community of frequency warriors brings is undoubtedly among the best on the coast. Not only do they bring you huge Australian acts. But they bring local bands to the spotlight and give them a chance to put their basement jams out into the world. This creates a small fan base for the local acts on which they can lean on for support on their long journey to the top.

The Euro music scene is extremely attractive to people that are fed up with the local music scene. I know at least ten people who have moved to Europe specifically to experience a true group of people who are into music solely for the feeling it gives. Who says people have to go halfway around the world for an experience like that? Why not make our town the forefront of absolutely mind blowingly bullshit music?

The movement fronted by Neverland has already started. We need to do this. Get motivated. Lets aim to have Coolangatta put on the map music wise. Get into it. Tell your mates. The movement starts now. GO!