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cusebassman
Freakin' sweet
I searched for a thread of this nature, but found nothing, so here goes!
I found that I tend to listen to artists / groups that write their own material. I have mixed feelings about groups who perform material written by a juggernaut songwriting team... for example, I like a lot of the Motown groups, and their stuff was often written by someone else - but just recently, I *shockingly* discovered that Avril Lavigne doesn't write a lot of her stuff - its either "co-written", or completely yanked. I still enjoy the songs (yes, even the AVril Lavigne stuff - I can't help being addicted to pop... it was designed to do that!), but something doesn't sit right.
Even in the case of groups like those from the 50s / 60s Motown, I still think to myself "Yea - they are very good at the performance of this material, but they lack a creativity that singer/songwriters have" - and that somehow diminishes their overall image in my mind.
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I found that I tend to listen to artists / groups that write their own material. I have mixed feelings about groups who perform material written by a juggernaut songwriting team... for example, I like a lot of the Motown groups, and their stuff was often written by someone else - but just recently, I *shockingly* discovered that Avril Lavigne doesn't write a lot of her stuff - its either "co-written", or completely yanked. I still enjoy the songs (yes, even the AVril Lavigne stuff - I can't help being addicted to pop... it was designed to do that!), but something doesn't sit right.
Even in the case of groups like those from the 50s / 60s Motown, I still think to myself "Yea - they are very good at the performance of this material, but they lack a creativity that singer/songwriters have" - and that somehow diminishes their overall image in my mind.
Weigh in even if you have read this thread many times before!