Wes Tibbets said...
Gotcha. That's why I'm reluctant to pose questions. I know I'm over thinking things I shouldn't be. Applying techniques that have helped me in other things I've done well to a business where that mindset doesn't work. Trying to find a style to practice and a new idea for hooks in ways that will lead nowhere. My intentions are good but I'm going about it the wrong way. Same with my questions, I want to ask the right ones but I'm asking all of the wrong ones.
Of course not. You are asking good questions. If you see what I just did for you, I went down the top 20 country songs on the REAL CHARTS, which is BILLBOARD, and identified the style, subject matter and tone of every song. I think you will find the results interesting. You see, what you are doing are picking out a few examples that you hear, and drawing conclusions from that. A lot of it is based upon your experiences, which are actually pretty incomplete. Most people who are far removed from this don't see it. So you have to LOOK deeper, than just a few anecdotal things.
From time to time someone thinks they have a few examples that PROVE that I am wrong and that things are changing in one way or another. They really are drawing the wrong conclusions based upon the wrong or limited evidence. That is what you have done here. No one has really taught you how to PROPERLY DO SONG SEARCH. And like everything that has to do with music there is MUCH MORE BENEATH THE SURFACE that most people don't even know to search for.
Read what I have done and go check it out for yourself YOU TUBE at THE TOP COUNTRY BILLBOARD HITS.
You will probably find it is a LOT different than you realize.
MAB
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