Typical non-musician comment.
You are making a lot of blanket statements having never been on the other side.
#1 I never dismissed anyone's musical abilities.
#2 You talk about cultural groups as if you know something about them. Think about the cultural groups being shunned by the mere fact that they are advertising for the GAP. It was never the money that I had a problem with....it's what the GAP stands for that bothers me. Last time I walked by a GAP I saw a bunch of white people who were either rich or pretending to be rich....snobs, if you will. Not that non-white people don't shop there occasionally. But come on, you and I both know that Woody Guthrie never wore a polo shirt in his life.
Besides, my original argument was that too much of the music listed in this thread really isn't folk. I've seen the Avett Bros perform. They may play folk instruments (half the time) but they were never folkies to begin with. With the combination of folk and electric instruments that they employ, I'd consider their genre to be more aligned with Americana than folk. There's nothing wrong with Americana.....it just isn't folk.
I guess I haven't brushed up on my definitions of genres. You may be right that they're closer to Americana, I'm sure that's why you're an education & careers mod and I'm just a dumb music moderator. But I am pretty sure you deemed them pop because they've capitalized on themselves a little bit. What exactly does GAP stand for that's so bad? I don't follows such trends, because they aren't important to me. I didn't know being a folkie meant you had to meet such a certain level of standards. So as a self proclaimed folk musician, you must constantly ask yourself "what would Guthrie do?" Seems lame to me.
But I do love that you've called me out for blanket statements while assuming I'm not part of the cool kid musician club who's never seen "the other side of things." What exactly awaits on this "other side?"
You talk as if you know everything. So I'm probably just gonna let you go on and feel like you're accomplishing an argument while I feed your fire a little bit more. You can try to cover your tracks, but you were most certainly dismissing them off as shitty pop musicians because of the GAP.
So lets just get this straight, you would most definitely turn down a check from a company that asked you to pose with their product?
So since you're sure I know nothing of cultural groups, please teach me some of the basics. And you're asking me to think of the cultural groups being shunned by the fact that they're advertising for the GAP? That wasn't me shunning them, that was you, lol.
I'm sure there are some pot smoking highschoolers who would think your philosophy is awesome.
Also please highlight and explain to me how my post came off as a typical non-musician comment? What were the hints that revealed this and made you so sure?
I mean, if playing your busted acoustic on the side of the street for change is what makes you happy, then stick with it. But calling a group of musicians pop because of a move they made using their image and not their sound just doesn't add up to me. I sense that typical sour pussed bottom feeder musician hating anything a somewhat successful group may do because they aren't in that position.
Unless you stalk me or you're one of my best friends in disguise I can't believe you would take the time to say I'm the one making blanket statements while telling me who I am and what I must be.
