How Would You Sound With Auto-Tune?

Music, music these days sucks. Popular music especially. I can’t even stand to listen to the radio in the car any more – and for someone like me, who’s CD player has decided to stop playing burned CDs, the radio is the only option – and I hate it!

Where has all the good music gone? If I have to listen to another auto-tuned remix with Nicki Minaj or Rihanna, I might jump off a bridge. Not to mention the newest Gyote song has been given a “pop” remix just to play on our local pop music stations. It sucks.

Anyone can be a singer these days, great producers and some auto-tune can make a star out of just about anyone.

I don’t get it. Back in the day, artists were talented, wrote their own music and played their own instruments. I bet the members of LMAFO wouldn’t have the slightest clue what to do with a guitar.

I should have been a teenager in the 60s. I love me some Beatles, the Mamas and the Papas, CCR, Elvis and the Rolling Stones.

Don’t get me wrong… I have a very eclectic taste in music. I enjoy all genres. But most importantly, I enjoy talent. The “artists” these days are performers, putting on an act. They put on a show full of electric-induced music. Geeze, give me a good costume designer and some dance lessons, and I could be the next big thing.

Good music touches your soul, makes you feel something, brings out a good memory. I feel bad that the kids today are going to grow up listening to the less-than-talented Katy Perry. Introducing them to actual performers, like Adele, is a much better choice.

Now, this is my opinion… many of you may agree, or agree to disagree. But I all hope that you can relate to at least ONE good song that brings you back to an amazing time in your life (I just hope it’s not LMFAO).

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I Really Want to Win…Is That Wrong?

So our bar was nominated for “The Burgh’s Best Neighborhood Bar,” a contest being run by Star 100.7.  There are about 45 bars on the list and the voting ends at 7 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) morning.  At first I didn’t think we had any chance of winning because there are some pretty great bars on the list.  You have Kayas, D’s 6-Pack, Z Lounge and so many other fantastic and far more well-known bars that, I didn’t think our little place in Lawrenceville would even be in contention.

Guess what?

We’re definitely contenders!  In fact, we’re yo-yoing back and forth between another bar for first place.  I’m very excited and so incredibly grateful that our staff, customers and friends have been voting for us.  I’ve even managed to get a ton of colleagues from my “big girl” job to vote.  But here’s the problem…I’ve become obsessed with winning this contest!

My entire life I’ve been extremely competitive and this trait actually comes from my grandmother.  It doesn’t matter if I’m playing a sport like when I row and we’re in a race…I want to win.  I could be playing a simple game of Dominos with my family and…I have to win.  My husband hates playing anything with me because I’m not a gracious winner and I’m a really sore loser.  But I just can’t help myself sometimes.  I like to win and I really want to win this contest.  I don’t even know what you win if you do win.  I’m just hoping that they say the name of the bar on the radio (free advertising) and we get some sort of banner or plaque that we can hang in the bar.  Winning something like this really helps us out as a small neighborhood bar.

If you are reading this post, I would really appreciate if you could click on the link below and vote for Remedy in Lawrenceville.  I really want to knock-out the competition and right now we’re behind.  Besides, the competition is located in Greensburg and not even in the ‘Burgh.  I don’t want them to win “The Burgh’s Best Neighborhood Bar!”

Click here to Vote for Remedy!

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