it is pretty cool but also sad to see what happened to it after white people got a hold of it

take blues for instance, where early examples are sung wistfully by black people on guitar, and then white people came along and made it about women or some shit

ngl similar stuff happens to any music when it gets picked up by a mainstream or at least larger audience: it gets turned into a product, not art

art is what those black guys with their guitars were making. they poured their heart and soul into their music. into their art. they had nothing and everyone was against them. so they turned to what they did have: the three (five? can’t remember) chords and the truth.

and all of modern music is based on that and they get none of the credit or recognition. today’s pop music is just a product, made to satisfy algorithms driven by engagement. it feels empty and soulless because its only purpose is to make money. and the og blues guys never got any of that.

i’m a musician of sorts and imo, that’s the worst possible thing that could happen to my stuff: being turned into a product. i just make music for my own enjoyment and as a creative outlet. i don’t do it for the money or the fame or anything. i make art for art’s sake.

and we need more stuff like that.