I’m tired of being marketed to. At every Junction. No, I don’t give 5 fucks that some new distortion pedal makes you sound like this person or that.
It’s the infection of capitalism in art. There’s nothing wrong with gathering the tools you need. But there’s a point at which you are no longer a creator, but a consumer of gear.
I’ve fallen to it in the past. Massive pedalboard. Every fancy new pedal. And for me, in the end, it was a hindrance more than anything.
I’m so utterly tired of being constantly being sold something. Where “content creators” are ad men in a new skin for a new era.
The faux excitement. The bullshit spiel about how this piece of whatever is going to make me x, y or z. Its all a scam.
There is a section of musicians that are basically gear collectors. It’s poison to the creative spirit. And I know how wanky that sounds.
Like I said. It’s a wound. And like any wound, it spreads an infection. The idea that without this thing or that, you can’t make the music you want to.
That you NEED this thing otherwise you’re missing out.
Funny you say that, because I have a friend who’s fallen victim to advertising for beauty products. We walked into a makeup store, and suddenly she knows everything about every product, and all the claims that people have made about them. Scary shit.
Sounds like cosmetic and weight loss products advertising for women. Over the years I have taken serious comfort by recalling Socrates’ comment when walking through the Athenian marketplace - ‘It’s wonderful how many things there are in the world that I neither need nor want’. A wise man.
Same page mate, and to reply to all that properly would be an over a beer chat at a random local gig where none of that applies as people are being genuine and not like what you’ve described.
Those rabbit holes are also how you end up on waiting lists for things to be available in AU and/or scouring for ways to get them to you.
So I don’t disagree with you.
Pre edits: the colour of that Gibson was stunning though yah?
Here’s my issue:
I’m tired of being marketed to. At every Junction. No, I don’t give 5 fucks that some new distortion pedal makes you sound like this person or that.
It’s the infection of capitalism in art. There’s nothing wrong with gathering the tools you need. But there’s a point at which you are no longer a creator, but a consumer of gear.
I’ve fallen to it in the past. Massive pedalboard. Every fancy new pedal. And for me, in the end, it was a hindrance more than anything.
I’m so utterly tired of being constantly being sold something. Where “content creators” are ad men in a new skin for a new era.
The faux excitement. The bullshit spiel about how this piece of whatever is going to make me x, y or z. Its all a scam.
There is a section of musicians that are basically gear collectors. It’s poison to the creative spirit. And I know how wanky that sounds.
Like I said. It’s a wound. And like any wound, it spreads an infection. The idea that without this thing or that, you can’t make the music you want to.
That you NEED this thing otherwise you’re missing out.
Fuck. That.
/Rant.
Funny you say that, because I have a friend who’s fallen victim to advertising for beauty products. We walked into a makeup store, and suddenly she knows everything about every product, and all the claims that people have made about them. Scary shit.
Everytime i see this crap come up in my feed, I block the channel.
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Sounds like cosmetic and weight loss products advertising for women. Over the years I have taken serious comfort by recalling Socrates’ comment when walking through the Athenian marketplace - ‘It’s wonderful how many things there are in the world that I neither need nor want’. A wise man.
Same page mate, and to reply to all that properly would be an over a beer chat at a random local gig where none of that applies as people are being genuine and not like what you’ve described.
Cheeky bugger!
Especially after the edits.
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