Ben Romans
songwriter*artist

nomadic

theclickfive.com
myspace.com/theclick5

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Pop research

November 15, 2007

I have recently discovered the phenomenon of iLike on Facebook. You have the ability to share songs that you enjoy, by leaving them on your friends pages. In doing so, I have also discovered what our band's fans are listening to, as it is posted under favorite music. I then visited my band-mates Facebook pages and looked at their favorite music (and simply listen to their iPod blast at night) as well as mine, and suddenly realized...

... there is a drastic difference.

Nothing wrong with that at all. It just find it very interesting, because we adore our fans, and get along quite well. How does it match up?

So as we are listening to entirely different music, than what our band is categorized as... I am left with three hypothesis:

1. Our band has failed to make music that sounds anything like our influences, or be placed alongside with our favorites.

2. We are a rare breed of a power pop band (rock and roll + melodies) that succeeded to penetrate the pop culture market.

3. Marketing has defeated music itself... whereas a schtick, image, and a great deal of photoshopping have taken priority, whereas he actual music is an extracurricular.

What do you think?

... to be continued...

Comments

brooke said: well first off i love The Click Five and this website is Very Cool. I see you have autism speaks in the charities you guys support. because i have autism. so that makes me feel good about what this website does. And to answer your question. I think it is a mystery that can be solved. because i have the same problem with my band like we are influenced by The Click Five and we are categorized as a rock band. It makes no sense at all. But the click five hasnt let me down with the new music or old music. Just because your bands music dont sound like your guys influences doesnt mean you failed. It means like you guys are exploring different areas in the music world. I hope that helps thats the best i could do for me only being 16 years old. Hope the click five comes to tulsa ok very soon. cause that will make my YEAR/dream come true.

kristy said: Or maybe labels have become unimportant. At the end of the day, people listen to what they like, regardless if its pop, indie, rock, folk, whatever. Maybe sometimes we're better off not knowing what genre we're listening to; that way, we surprise ourselves by accepting what is generally beyond our tastes or comfort zones. We stop limiting ourselves. In the end, the music should be enough to take us to some happy place. I may be digressing here, but indulge me. I have often wondered why some musicians abhor having their music labeled as pop. Even if those people play pop music, they try to pass it off as r&b infused or rock or some other thing except pop. Kudos to people who realize that pop music (or music with pop influences) is not a lesser form of expression; it is just as legitimate as every other thing out there.

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