I have not written in a while..but of course.. it doesn't mean I have not been listening to anything..
I always have my computer on.. and Perhaps its just a case of ADD.. but I start to paint.. and before I know it.. I am back at my computer looking for something cool to listen to.
Thankfully.. the Internet has allowed me access to music that I would not normally hear..
then why is it that I haven't left Jersey yet?
I used to cringe when I heard people say.. "Oh..you are from Jersey"?.. you must be a Bruce fan.. or Bon Jovi.. (ok so I am an old Bruce fan.. and I DO like Bon Jovi..and even some of his music
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but can it be that people think that if you are from Jersey.. that might be the extent of our musical tastes?
It is certainly not the case with me..but it made me start looking at young bands.. and not so young bands from Jersey for an answer.
This time I am going to write a little bit about a young artist that I have been listening to.
His name is John Weiss. He is 19 years old from Voohees NJ
The band name is The Forever Machine.
All of his music is written, recorded and produced by him in his bedroom "studio"
he considers his music experimental, ambient, electronic, and New age.
and I would have added EMO.. but when I wrote to ask him his thoughts.. he said..
that in his opinion. "it doesn't matter whether it's Rap. Country,Oldies, Death Metal, Blugrass. or Accapello All music is in essence EMO. "Without EMOthion, all songs written in the history of music would sound like boring , bland, monotonous voice of Ben Stein"
What could I possibly add to that?
I asked if he played out.. and he said that he plays pretty infrequently.. but he does play the occasional; coffee house.. and open mic nights.
He does have music for sale.. on Itunes, Napster, Emusic, and Snocap.
Te albun title is "Portrait Of Mirrors"
I really enjoy listening to him.... and the fact that he is so young.. makes me believe that he will only get better!
Give him a listen..
If you like him, LET HIM KNOW!
Perhaps he will join here at Artist Harvest.
Tags: The Forever Machine New Jersey Music Electronic
