It was original at first.
And then it became overrated!
I mean, whats with all the Marie Digbys and Olivia Ongs and Michelle Branches(alright, alright, she's OK) and all the other 1001 girls who put up an act with their guitar., and people all go, awww she's cool, she plays the guitar! *raves* Strum strum strum.
Maybe its just me stereotyping against girl-with-guitars.
*pushes the blame* its Olivia Ong and Marie Digby's fault. They strum a few chords of the guitar to other people's songs and make a CD out of it.
I'm honestly honestly disgusted by that. I mean, if you want to release a voice and guitar album, the least you could do is make the songs original!
Covers+OK voice+Guitar= mediocre! well to me that is.
I didnt use to have anything against covers until i heard this girl called Olivia Ong's album.
And I'm starting to see Paul's POV and insistance of original songs as your mark of being a true artist. Its really a little sickening when an album is full of songs that you already know...and have heard better versions of.( That said, I am not totally against the existence of covers... i mean its how we all start learning, right? I guess an exception is Scarlett's anywhere I lay my head... she turned Tom Waits gems into... well, I can only call it an artistic frenzy. The Cough syrup-tinkerbell idea worked, what a combination!)
It also makes me want to scorn all the girl-with-guitar artists out there. Like, oh my god, not again, we've heard enough of this genre of people!
Which really isnt fair. Cause I've just found this girl called Laura Marlin, who also plays with guitar, whom I almost passed up once i saw her with it. But im glad i gave her a chance cause her music is really cool... i mean its different from all the other girls. She may not be the next big thing, but at least her music is original. She even looks cool. She looks like a malnourished Dakota fanning, actually. But it suits her music. I just cant stand the way they insist on putting that guitar on her in the video. It kinda seems too good to be true.... and a little poser. I think its because her playing isn't very exceptional. so its a little redundant showing off the whole guitar thing... But ah well... I would describe her music as Jolie Holland meets Jewel, and her looks/style as courtney love meets gemma ward. ok. Video time!
So apparently she's only 18 years old, which makes me quite jealous of her.
Judge for yourselves!
Enjoy~
So i guess you guys must be asking, then. Lizzie, I bet you hate girls with pianos then, dont you? But my answer is... I think I dislike men with pianos more. And Do i detect gender stereotypes here? Maybe, maybe not... I can't decide actually.
Or Maybe its just because I feel that the music produced by girls-with-guitars all sound, well, almost the same, like they're just imitating one another.
Similarly, Men-with-pianos. I bet it all started with Elton John. And then theres the whole repeatability thing. From Jamie Cullum to Ben Folds... you gotta admit, their music is similar.
So, is it because there are as yet, too few Men-with-pianos and Girls-with-guitars for diversity in music that they all sound similar, or is it because the trend for it just picked up and therefore it all sounds similar?
By the way, I AM referring to solo artists, and not... others.
Take a look at the more stereotypical Men-with- guitars and girls-with-pianos
From the likes of Brendan Benson or Sondre lerche, to people like malmsteen and/or Paulo Gilberto... even Julio igleasias. All guitar, all totally different styles of music
From the likes of Regina Spektor, to Vanessa Carlton to Amy lee(because evanescence IS Amy Lee, right?) ... you get the picture.
Thats something to think about for you.
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