The theories of evolution, while great at describing variations of feathers on pigeon wings, bacteria in petri dishes, and camouflage colors of butterflies, it is awful for eugenics and justifying superiority. In commerce, which can be likened to survival of the fittest, products and services best suited for market make money while those that do not, do not. In art, it's understood that value of something doesn't relate directly to its commerical value.
However, technology makes it possible to flood the digital space with more music than has ever been available at any given time in the history of the human race (go with me on this). People can record at home, on their phone, in a bus, on a street, in a school, even while eating green eggs and ham. Sites ranging from Soundcloud.com to Pandora and Spotify are platforms to share music by Jane Doe as well as major well-known acts. While it makes sense to have sites that are likened to libraries of digital music, searchable by artist and genre, playlists, etc...it is the ability to share music by unsigned, hobby-level artists, and semi-professional artists that is the focus of this article. Before I get too dry and academic, let me pose the question:
Isn't competition, and standards of musicality, healthy to stir men's and women's (and transgender, yo) souls toward greater musical victories...rather than to simply be excited to hit the "share" button every time we noodle something that almost works, before editing it ten times...to a new definition of OK?
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