I truly believe that if someone records a song that they love, put a piece of themselves in the song, then it's beautiful. Music is an extension of people and unfortunately, some people let others control their direction in life and so, by extension, their music. But I completely disagree with all those who say Regina is trying to make her music more mainstream, or trying to cater towards certain people, a certain fan base, etc. Someone who has created songs with such intelligence yet such depths of human emotion, as she has since her first album is not someone who would ever let others steer her or her music.
So I don't understand how you can say you miss Regina. All artists grow and change if they are any good, if they are really making the music to make music as they want and not just to make money. You can't possibly say the more obvious lyrics and the more mainstream beats make it shit. Neil Young for example. Every one of his albums was different. He lost fans because with one album he would become "more mainstream" and was called out for trying to be more listenable for the masses and with another he would be so out there that people thought he was losing his mind. The thing is, he did what he wanted whenever he wanted to. Not for others, for himself.
You say you miss the old Regina. Because her older music wasn't mainstream, not fit into any particular mold.
If you don't like her because her music is different now, then I'm going to call you out on putting her in a mold, the mold of always creating music like that of 11:11 and Songs.
She's living life, growing, changing. Her music is too. This is obviously what she wants to record at this point in her life, you can't possibly judge her for that.
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style...
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style of Folding Chair, as opposed to The Sword & the Pen.
Funny, I love Neil Young too. Both he and Regina know how to make music.
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style...
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style of Folding Chair, as opposed to The Sword & the Pen.
Funny, I love Neil Young too. Both he and Regina know how to make music.
love is free-
I truly believe that if someone records a song that they love, put a piece of themselves in the song, then it's beautiful. Music is an extension of people and unfortunately, some people let others control their direction in life and so, by extension, their music. But I completely disagree with all those who say Regina is trying to make her music more mainstream, or trying to cater towards certain people, a certain fan base, etc. Someone who has created songs with such intelligence yet such depths of human emotion, as she has since her first album is not someone who would ever let others steer her or her music.
So I don't understand how you can say you miss Regina. All artists grow and change if they are any good, if they are really making the music to make music as they want and not just to make money. You can't possibly say the more obvious lyrics and the more mainstream beats make it shit. Neil Young for example. Every one of his albums was different. He lost fans because with one album he would become "more mainstream" and was called out for trying to be more listenable for the masses and with another he would be so out there that people thought he was losing his mind. The thing is, he did what he wanted whenever he wanted to. Not for others, for himself.
You say you miss the old Regina. Because her older music wasn't mainstream, not fit into any particular mold. If you don't like her because her music is different now, then I'm going to call you out on putting her in a mold, the mold of always creating music like that of 11:11 and Songs.
She's living life, growing, changing. Her music is too. This is obviously what she wants to record at this point in her life, you can't possibly judge her for that.
i completely agree with you GoodLuckJill !!!!!
i completely agree with you GoodLuckJill !!!!!
that's what i was trying to explain last week to one of my friends!
that's what i was trying to explain last week to one of my friends!
keep on moving!! keep on changing!! keep on living the music!
keep on moving!! keep on changing!! keep on living the music!
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style...
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style of Folding Chair, as opposed to The Sword & the Pen.
Funny, I love Neil Young too. Both he and Regina know how to make music.
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style...
That's so true. What people don't get is that even if her music is becoming more "mainstream" (although in reality it's not, atleast not to the extent that much music has), it's simply because that's the musical direction SHE wants to take. It's not because she wants to make more money, or she think that she'll gain more fans. If her purpose was that, she'd get a studio band, a lyricist that would write more accessable lyrics (that don't require sites like this, haha), add a pop-y pre-mixed background to each song, and write all songs in the radio-playable style of Folding Chair, as opposed to The Sword & the Pen.
Funny, I love Neil Young too. Both he and Regina know how to make music.
amen sister!
amen sister!