Post by Trexx on Aug 19, 2004 16:46:50 GMT -5
This is not about the Olympics.
Glimmers of hope my friends:
Just a cursory blurb here, about the Stairway to Stardom thingy that a music store here in Sacramento has been putting on for 24 years.
The event got a special coverage in the entertainment section of the local paper recently. It was an in depth and comprehensive story that went to great lengths of thoroughness.
The deal is, the store uses its resources of music teachers from ALL genres of music to match young musicians up into bands made up of like-minded and similar tastes. They set out to create three original songs that are ultimately showcased in a live concert featuring all the bands. It is in essence a BATTLE OF THE BANDS, with the winners getting cash, contractual connections and the like. The average age is 17. This year, there were many, many, HIP-HOP, GANGSTA RAP, BRITTANY-AGUILARA-CLONES, with much emphasis upon "the look" and the ghetto culture...
Guess faughkeen what ! ?
The HEAVY METAL BAND won!
It suprised everybody it seems. I mean, you couldn't "hear the words"... HA! The band, if I remember correctly was named, Neophilum. They went practically unnoticed until they hit the stage. Many balls were rolling on the floor, BLOWN CLEAN OFF BY KICK-ASS ROCK!
They were the only hard rock band in the field.
The other groups got a lot of attention due to their boasts and preening on their own behalf. But that was before the show.
HARD ROCK VANQUISHED THEM ALL!
You could hear the entertainment editors scratching their heads...
Woo Hooo!
Glimmers of hope my friends:
Just a cursory blurb here, about the Stairway to Stardom thingy that a music store here in Sacramento has been putting on for 24 years.
The event got a special coverage in the entertainment section of the local paper recently. It was an in depth and comprehensive story that went to great lengths of thoroughness.
The deal is, the store uses its resources of music teachers from ALL genres of music to match young musicians up into bands made up of like-minded and similar tastes. They set out to create three original songs that are ultimately showcased in a live concert featuring all the bands. It is in essence a BATTLE OF THE BANDS, with the winners getting cash, contractual connections and the like. The average age is 17. This year, there were many, many, HIP-HOP, GANGSTA RAP, BRITTANY-AGUILARA-CLONES, with much emphasis upon "the look" and the ghetto culture...
Guess faughkeen what ! ?
The HEAVY METAL BAND won!
It suprised everybody it seems. I mean, you couldn't "hear the words"... HA! The band, if I remember correctly was named, Neophilum. They went practically unnoticed until they hit the stage. Many balls were rolling on the floor, BLOWN CLEAN OFF BY KICK-ASS ROCK!
They were the only hard rock band in the field.
The other groups got a lot of attention due to their boasts and preening on their own behalf. But that was before the show.
HARD ROCK VANQUISHED THEM ALL!
You could hear the entertainment editors scratching their heads...
Woo Hooo!
Not in my town however, rap and country are the young one's favorites. 
