The reason why I like to play music is because it gives me the need to express myself. I love listening to all kinds of music because it trains my ears to know which chord and note is which. I have Aspergers which makes things difficult for me and often at times I do not understand people most of the time because the signals that they give is hard to see. There at a times where I exhibit great frustration and fear much to my dismay. One plays music to be happy and creative, not to have fame and fortune. I am hoping to become a guitar teacher because nowadays music has lost its fighting spirit and people need a kick up the backside again to play a musical instrument. I also play in a band which I formed some years ago because I wanted to express myself in front of people and also I want to have the enjoyment of playing on a stage. I have played on open mike nights which has led me into the world of playing live music which I still enjoy thoroughly. I have a love of playing guitar, I also play the bass guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, electroacoustic guitar and an odd interpretation of playing the piano/keyboard. My favourite music is Heavy Metal however I am open to other genres such as classical and world music, jazz, spoken word, new wave, instrumental, blues and then there is some opera lurking around in the background.
Lyric writing helps in a way to deal with the aggravation has come into my daily life. Reading and research helps me to understand where things come from and why it should be made relevant even it has become irrelevant. Music should always be about creativity and not competition. No one would care if one played guitar or any instruments like an Olympic level athlete. Instruments should be a source of fun, of course things such as chord progressions and scales should be learnt but playing an instrument whether in a band or solo should be for enjoyment, one does not play in a band for competition but for fun of expressing oneself through an instrument.
Friday, 11 May 2018
Spitting Image & The Reason For Return
Spitting Image was an iconic 1980s television comedy sketch show. It satirized well known celebrities, politicians and other figures in the media. Its main target for satire were people such as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini and Colonel Ghaddfi. The show also parodied film awards, elections and other television spectacles. The show itself also made its own music videos such as We Are Scared Of Bob, The Chicken Song & I've Never Met A Nice South African, all of which became stand alone singles. The show also collaborated with progressive rock band Genesis for the song Land Of Confusion which became a landmark music video in the era of MTV.
The reason why this show should make a return is because this world has become a land of confusion. Terrorism is rife at home and abroad, the President Of The United States is a lunatic on Twitter and Kim Jong Un is a trigger happy nuclear war man child. There is also the #MeToo Movement which has created confusion on the way a man should approach a woman without fear of harassment and there is the SJWs which seem to protest against anything and anyone without doing any form of research which could have been relevant to their 'cause', the most well known video on Youtube is of Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson being confronted by SJWs over the whole trans debate of nouns or pronouns to call a person. Then there is the narcissists, the ones that have their faces splashed on the Daily Mail, The Sun & News Of The World, and others which have appeared on television shows such as The Only Way Is Essex, Geordie/Jersey Shore, Love Island and Ex On The Beach. But the most narcissistic of them all is the Kardashians and Kanye West. They have incensed and enraged the public with their delusions of grandeur and its getting to the point of near human meltdown. People who selfie themselves on Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites are also targets of satire & parody.
These targets would be a dream come true for the creators of Spitting Image because they could turn it around and shove it back to the people they are satirizing. The person that was most target for parody on Spitting Image was Mary Whitehouse who is the ultimate figure for the SJWs. She was offended by everything. The return of Spitting Image would also see the return of well educated and clever humour because the creators and actors would have spent their days at university. Today's humour is OK but it has become distorted and the jokes do not really have a punchline. If people want to be humourous in day to day life, in order to be comedic, one needs to research early pioneers such as The Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, and trailblazers such as The Two Ronnies, Monty Python, That Was The Week That Was, and alternative comedians in Not The Nine O'Clock News, Bremner, Bird & Fortune & The Young Ones. The big book of comedy one should read is The Really Wicked Joke Book, and also books from Horrible Histories
The reason why this show should make a return is because this world has become a land of confusion. Terrorism is rife at home and abroad, the President Of The United States is a lunatic on Twitter and Kim Jong Un is a trigger happy nuclear war man child. There is also the #MeToo Movement which has created confusion on the way a man should approach a woman without fear of harassment and there is the SJWs which seem to protest against anything and anyone without doing any form of research which could have been relevant to their 'cause', the most well known video on Youtube is of Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson being confronted by SJWs over the whole trans debate of nouns or pronouns to call a person. Then there is the narcissists, the ones that have their faces splashed on the Daily Mail, The Sun & News Of The World, and others which have appeared on television shows such as The Only Way Is Essex, Geordie/Jersey Shore, Love Island and Ex On The Beach. But the most narcissistic of them all is the Kardashians and Kanye West. They have incensed and enraged the public with their delusions of grandeur and its getting to the point of near human meltdown. People who selfie themselves on Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites are also targets of satire & parody.
These targets would be a dream come true for the creators of Spitting Image because they could turn it around and shove it back to the people they are satirizing. The person that was most target for parody on Spitting Image was Mary Whitehouse who is the ultimate figure for the SJWs. She was offended by everything. The return of Spitting Image would also see the return of well educated and clever humour because the creators and actors would have spent their days at university. Today's humour is OK but it has become distorted and the jokes do not really have a punchline. If people want to be humourous in day to day life, in order to be comedic, one needs to research early pioneers such as The Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, and trailblazers such as The Two Ronnies, Monty Python, That Was The Week That Was, and alternative comedians in Not The Nine O'Clock News, Bremner, Bird & Fortune & The Young Ones. The big book of comedy one should read is The Really Wicked Joke Book, and also books from Horrible Histories
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