They don’t make good music anymore

We’ve all heard our elders say “They don’t make good music anymore”. Chances are they also heard it from their parents and it’s pretty likely that we’ll say it in response to the music of the people younger than us as well.

What we’re all saying in short is, “The music we like is better in some or every single way than the music they like — our music is real music, good music.”

The music that speaks to us at the time we are most likely to embrace it is often poured out of the souls of the people with whom we relate; people who live in the world in which we live, in the way we live or the way we see it lived.

TI look at wide-eyed children walking around with trusting little hands clasped by someone and smiles covered by masks, hoping that we’ll protect them from unseen danger and I wonder how the music they’ll write or listen to will present itself. How they musically interpret life will very likely be composed of their own experiences and the anecdotal nuggets of those who came before them.

Every aspect of our lives can be measured vibrationally. Every color, structure, emotion and melody. It’s not a mystery when a love song snares our imagination and snags the fabric of our life. It’s not a small thing that we can walk into a room and feel a “vibe”. Most of us know the transformational power of a clever lyric or a well turned-out harmony or a beat that can cast out the devil.

Music is and always will be, an ocean of commonality which flows between all of us, washing treasures of intricate rhythms and the occasional, personal message in a bottle, onto our respective shores. Here are some noteworthy messengers:

1.) Krishna Das, vocalist, Tambura / Hindu devotional, Kirtan  YouTube Channel

2.) Anderson .Paak,vocalist, multi-Instrumentalist/ Hip Hop, R&B YouTube Channel

3.) Cory Henry, vocalist, multi-Instrumentalist/ R&B / Soul YouTube Channel

4.) Lynne Fiddmont, vocalist / Smooth Jazz YouTube Channel

5.) Akiko Yano, vocalist, Piano /Japanese Fusion and Pop

6.) Jacob Collier, vocalist, multi instrumentalist/ Pop, Jazz, Folk YouTube Channel

7.) H.E.R., vocalist, multi- instrumentalist/ R&B YouTube Channel

Explore these musicians with an open mind, but if for some reason you cannot start there, the virtuosity of these talented people will make sure that there is the very place you end up. The “vibe”, that is creativity, has the medicine within it to help us know and love ourselves a bit more by discovering the power and the glory in the music of others.

Ronn Bunn’s thoughts about the music channel:

Revisit those old-school music days. Remember how much fun and invigorating it was when you visited that hot disco club, boogied at Sunday’s Tea Dance, listened to and shouted “Amen” to soul stirring gospel music or just chilled with jazz? Checkout ROUTES’ Music Channel and revive those precious memories — be inspired by our DJs Black Jerry, Supa Zulu and others!

What is your idea? Right or wrong? Leave us your answer in the comments below.