Chris Shapiro
November 2012
There’s nothing worse than listening to packaged music. Package music is music created through a business plan like mindset and done to appeal to the masses in an attempt to generate large profits. Often times, it’s not even written by the musician. It’s lifeless, over-produced, noise with no character, no personality. This style lacks a voice and is a slap in the face to everything music stands for.
Lately, packaged music has come to dominate the music scene, growing exponentially during my lifetime. I’ve tried to listening to it. Honestly, I’ve tried playing the songs only to become disgusted with the artificial sounds, tacky lyrics and lack of rockability.
If you’re like me, where you crave music that stands strong with identity, then you need to plan on attending an Outlaws concert.
The Outlaws, “the guitar army,” performed at the Pepsi Cola Road House in Pittsburgh on November 9th. The concert was presented by Pannutti Productions and WDVE.
The Outlaws are men who are keeping true music alive not because they dream of striking it rich, but they have an everlasting love for what music is. They know people need it in their lives. It inspires, comforts, and speaks to us as no other medium can.
That’s why the Outlaws play.
When they take that stage, they bring to life a culture, a nation of southern rockers. The audience is a sea of men and women wearing Outlaws clothing, some branded thirty plus years ago. Confederate flags are rallied in a whirlwind as fans take to their feet during songs such as “Green Grass and High Tides” and “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” (more…)
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