The search for meaning in modern day music 8 Articles

by Tom Windram

There are several widespread attacks slung at the state of music today by people who are resentfully out of the loop. The most common is that it is superficial and lacks any cogent meaning or emotional truth. The second is...read more

by Joshua Colson

The search for meaning in modern day music is just that, a search. To find true meaning, one has to turn off the radio and dive into whatever they can find through unconventional means. The internet is one of the greatest ...read more

by Jermaine Smith

The search for the meaning in music is an ongoing issue, process, and debate. The consensus in regards to hip hop and rap is that is is an endangered genre. This arena of music, highlighted in the 80s and 90s by groups suc...read more

by Matt Mckay

"Been a long time since I rock and rolled, Been a long time since I did the stroll" Hmmm. The uncontrollable emotions I feel when I hear those lyrics are like nothing you can imagine. Such meaning, such insight, so ridicul...read more

by Roaring Lion

Hip-Hop State of Emergency Hip-Hop is a threat to National Security! I know this might be a tough statement for many people to swallow, but please give me time to explain. The culture that is known as Hip-Hop began in...read more

by Jennifer Brister

Most music today is mass produced by companies who know that sex sells and that every generation and ethnicity really just wants "a good beat they can dance to". It is unfortunate that this "mass produced" music has becom...read more

by David Stahl

I can relate to "The search for meaning in modern day music". Contemporary media perpetuates all the old styles so that what's popular today is what was popular 30 years ago. If you're old enough and were around in the 6...read more

by Jennifer Fogg

OK, I have a gripe. It's not an earth shattering, mind altering, world changing complaint, but it is a gripe nonetheless. Please bare with me while I explore the nature of my gripe as it just might illustrate, in a hopeful...read more