Transitions Of Genre Via Artists Within The Music Industry

Hey,

I thought that I would do a different sort of post today. This is a little sort of ramble post I suppose. I mean at least it shows that my blog isn't all about reviews and events and I actually have thoughts about things.

I'm not a member of the music industry but as a consumer, I have seen many things happen within the last couple of years and I just thought that I would have a little talk about them. There is one main point that I want to try and compress into an understandable statement.

Within the last few years, a lot has happened within the music industry, we've had break ups, reforms (mainly for an anniversary of some sort), surprise albums and everything in between. The main thing that has happened though is that a lot of music artists have transitioned from one genre all the way to another within the space of an album and I just think that it's quite a bold move to do.

To start off with, Iggy Pop (real name James Osterberg) used to play for a blues band. Whilst on tour with said band (Prime Movers), he slowly decided that it was time to create his own band and incorporate the things that he loved and slowly became 'Iggy Pop'. Other cases of bands separating so one of the members can rebrand themselves and become well known within mainstream music is Gwen Stefani. The blonde bombshell used to be within the band No Doubt which created music that had quite a punk themed element whereas when the band member decided to go solo when No Doubt decided to call time on their creations Stefani decided to completely change the genre of the music that she wanted to create. She went from punk all the way to mainstream pop with hints of R&B.

Lady Gaga and Rihanna did albums where they decided to completely change the genre of their music. Lady Gaga did this via going from dance influenced pop which has made her win awards for hit after hit whereas her latest album is mainly jazz based with covers of jazz classics such as Cheek To Cheek and Anything Goes. Was this so she could attract a more mature demographic? Was this so she could show to others that she isn't just a one trick theatrical pony or was this just a compassionate album showing that she likes to incorporate other genres into her music? Rihanna did a similar thing with her album via going from mainstream pop/R&B to more soulful inspired music. She also decided to cover a track from Tame Impala on her latest album ANTI. Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock based band. Is Rihanna trying to do a same thing? Taylor Swift has also been known to do this via going from country all the way to pop within moments of time.

I think the point that I am trying to make is that the world is changing and developing via technology but should the same be happening via culture and genres of music. Will we see a millennial future within the music industry where hybrid genres and the intertwining of genres will be the main focus within music? Let me know down below.

I hope that you have enjoyed this blog post and that you come back to read more!

Jamie x

Gimme Some Lovin' | What i've Been Loving At The Moment

Meow!

I've had one of those weeks where I've been away from the blog so I thought that it might be good if I did a post just talking about a few things that I've been loving at the minute. 

Let's start off with a beauty product because well I love a good beauty product. This little number is called the Puriskin Resurfacing Cream. This product has a calm yet soothing formula to help normal/dry skin with almost anything! It helps blemishes, scars, acne, Chamomile gives a soothing yet antibacterial benefit to the skin therefore it helps the healing process if treating any of the above. I've been trying this out for over a week and it has helped out my skin so much! I suffer from severe breakouts and scarring a lot and it has calmed both down quite a bit. It has also helped my face out when I've not been completely careful when shaving and has made my hands so damn soft! I was a bit weirded out by the setting of the cream when first applying it but as soon as you get used to it you forget that it's even setting!

The next item that I have been in love with at the moment is Pretzel M&M's. I know that this may seem like a cliche thing to talk about within a blog/a video really due to big media artists always loving American candy but I honestly love pretzel M&M's. I used to be about the Mint ones that you can get within American candy stores but the pretzel ones are just amazing. The salty pretzel against the sweetness of the chocolate with the crunch added via the pretzel is just so gorgeous. I normally get them from Candy Hero within Leeds but there is other candy stores available. 

I've also been adoring the new look bath truffles from Yorkshire Soap Company. Bath truffles are literally balls of goodness in the form of natural oils etc which have been made to look like chocolate truffles. The old ones have a sort of paper casing to them which I love but at the same time I think it confused a few of the customers as this was dissolvable whereas the new ones without the casing make not confuse customers as much. There is a new scent which has been dubbed Totally Tropical and it smells like holidays. It smells of pineapple, orange, mango and coconut but the coconut isn't too strong that it overpowers everything. It's one of those products that you want for when the suns shining or when its miserable and you want a pick me up. 

The last thing that I have been loving is quite different to the things that I have mentioned above. I have been digging some slightly different music lately. I love literally any music genre but lately I've been in and out of slightly jazz based music. I mean I have also been loving alternative music as well lately due to building myself up for Slam Dunk which I'll save for another post but jazz has been quite a good genre to listen to at the moment. I've particulary been loving Marco Piccioni Trio lately. They're a mixture of rock, jazz and blues. Their album is amazing and they're a good band to listen to when you're not sure what you're in the mood to listen to. 

What are you loving at the moment? Let me know down below! 

I hope that you have enjoyed this blog post and that you come back next time to read another post!

Meow!

Jamie x

This post has been in collaboration with a PR company who have given me previews/samples of the things featured within this post. All opinions are my own.