I recommend reading "Kill your friends" by John Niven

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...en-780982.html

if you haven't already read it, do it now!

Steven Stelfox is a hero :) :)

hehe, enjoy guys, you will want to read this one again before you even get to the end,
and it also brings to light some of the more obscure bits of the music industry which are often overlooked/ignored,
because no we are not living in a fairytale world
;)

and for those of you who are on the 'it was better back in the day' vibe, doesn't actually mean that things were better back then it just means that as a human being you associate certain feelings/emotions with certain periods of your life, it's part of what's called being a human, has got nothing to do with the actual quality of the music

lastly, as regard the 'meaning' of music, i find this a rather ridiculous concept, i don't think producers compose tracks thinking 'yes, this one will mean this, etc' it's more about conveying an idea or an emotion and about sharing a certain feeling, but if you really want to go into discussing 'meaning' as a concept i suggest you read up on either Frege, Russell or Wittgenstein and i promise you they don't mention music hehe