Wooden Heart

Wooden heart

I was wondering how to edit this picture when I remembered a song with an appropriate lyrics. So here it is: Wooden Heart

Written by: Berthold Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman

Can’t you see I love you?
Please don’t break my heart in two
That’s not hard to do cause I don’t have a wooden heart

And if you say good-bye
Then I know that I would cry
Maybe I would die cause I don’t have a wooden heart

There’s no strings upon this love of mine
It was always you from the start
Treat me nice treat me good
Treat me like you really should
Cause I’m not made of wood and I don’t have a wooden heart

Treat me nice treat me good treat me like you really should
Cause I’m not made of wood and I don’t have a wooden heart

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tom+petty/wooden+heart_20138634.html ]

When everybody wants to be a ROCKSTAR

Never did I dream of wearing short skirts and tube tops. It has never been by option to be one of the cheerleaders during my high school and wear that fake smile all around campus. I wanted to be no one except this one image of myself in mind.I don’t know what it has got into me but I am one of the crazy kids who actually think that we’re born in the wrong timezone.

Yes…I am a kid who wants to travel through time and go back to where people do not think of other things aside from fun!REAL FUN! Like…

• Going from one place to another just to watch concerts…and when you get to a gig, you can’t help but to get wet with sweat and alcohol.
• Not going to school because in order to appreciate music, one does not need a degree. So why bother going to school if  you’ll end up on stage performing?
• Wearing “rug-like” clothes and tattered pants since the more  ragged you look, cooler you are.
• Wearing sneakers that has never been washed since the day you bought it because by doing so, its value will depreciate.
• Having long never been combed hair with a turban or bandana worn to look more credible for a rocker.

I know  I may sound a little bit odd but this is the ideal life I’m trying to live in reality. And when I say I’m trying…I’m trying really hard. It comes out naturally with my personality and hardheadedness. Just like what I always say, it is not about one’s style that makes him a rockstar or someone he/she really dreams…it is about having the right attitude to be called one.

‘I’ Stand Alone

Throughout the history, music has been a part of man’s culture. It started as an early form of art which represented various beliefs and customs of people around the world. It has been a language tool used by many and for some; it was solely for aesthetic purpose.

The coming of technology had been influential to music’s evolution. From being traditional, it had reached another pedestal where the society can relate more. It was no longer purely instrumental (tribal) and classical since more genres had been explored and were accepted by the public.

The experimentation of sounds and instruments had paved way for the commercialization of music and becoming a part of people’s lifestyle.

The music industry had drawn the attention of many aspiring artists and music entrepreneurs to be part of the business. As it prospered, it was merely dominated by Warner, Universal, Sony BMG and EMI or the “Big Four”. (Stahl, 2006< http://www.bandradio.com>). They gained the power to control the type of music to produce and to publicize by their artists.

Their monopoly had fuel the idealism of some artists to deviate from the mainstream thus giving birth to the Independent Artists or the “Indies”.

The Indies are artists not only in music but also in art forms like film, fashion, and literature. (McCabe<http://www.cnn.com>) but the Indie scene was made known in the music field. Their do-it-yourself sensibility had made them not to affiliate with any of the large conglomerates. Their focus was not in making profit but in giving their audience the type of music that was different from the social trend which they believe to be “real music, real talent and real art”. (Peterson<http://www.relevantmagazine.com>).

Being self-funded, producing became a problem in the earlier times. The introduction of the Internet became its instant remedy. It had helped them in almost all of their transactions but at the same time “had tainted the real definition of what really Indie was”. (Andrews<http://www.cnn.com>).

The meaning of being an Indie became ambiguous in the fast changing society and with the proliferation of technology. Despite these, the Indie culture did survive. The evidences are could be seen in the young artists of today who are taking grip of the free Indie ride.