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I'd say that the Zac Brown Band is more of a boon to mainstream country music, and more likely to draw an audience from other genres (hell, if they're enough of a draw to play Bonnaroo, you know they're pulling a diverse audience).


They put on one hell of a good live show too.

 

 

see, i don't like the Zac Brown Band at all, with the exception of Chicken Fried... not to mention the fact that their latest is a blatant rip off of the plain white t's

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I think good guy country is a reaction to where rock has gone since the outlaw country days. I think mainstream country has fans who are sick of punk, brootalz, and cookie monster vocals.

 

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and Mr. Fiasco hits the nail on the head... well there's that and the fact that i'm from North Central Kansas;)

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heh my band covers that song. we rock it out a little bit more, though.

 

 

Gotta say Trent, all sycophancy aside, the best cuntryish album I've enjoyed for a long time is yours.

 

It rocks, don't take itself too seriously, and progresses along at a good pace...I don't see why you couldn't get pretty big, in and out of the US

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Is Taylor Swift really a
billion
aire(ss)??


actually I don't care - it just seems unlikely to me.

 

 

well Doc, her last album sold 1 million on th first day, so yeah... if she ain't there yet, she will be soon... my wife and kid are Taylor nuts. i'm not a nut, but i do respect the fact that she writes her own music...

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Gotta say Trent, all sycophancy aside, the best cuntryish album I've enjoyed for a long time is yours.


It rocks, don't take itself too seriously, and progresses along at a good pace...I don't see why you couldn't get pretty big, in and out of the US

 

 

well thank you, sean. we're really proud of it.

 

and no, we don't take ourselves very seriously. there's definitely a spirit of humor in most all our songs. we try to keep it light and fun. the guitar player and primary songwriter is a HUGE jerry reed fan - and jerry certainly didn't take himself too serious.

 

that said, looks like i'll be up in your UK hood next year.

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but Taylor Swift is 20 and a billionaire from songs she writes herself... so there is a market for it obviously...

 

Taylor Swift writes terrible songs that people like. That's a fact (just use the line "when you think Tim MacGraw - I hope you think of me" as exhibit A). It is as much a fact as the fact that she can't sing in key.

 

Mainstream country doesn't have much to offer but once in a while a little gem slips through. I submit that this Johnny Reid tune from a year + ago is much, much better than 'Real' from your guy:

 

 

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I think the lesson here is that people have different taste. No, I don't really like Taylor Swift, but millions (billions?) of other people do. Just because I don't like her music doesn't mean it's no good... it's just no good for me.

 

The trap lots of people get in is that they think only the music THEY like is worthy. Your songs are good of someone likes them. Not everyone has to like them.

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I'm no fan of country, but that is a GAZILLION times better than the song that started this thread. First off Reid sings in what I would say is his 'normal' singing voice as opposed to some ultra contrived country sounding voice like the first guy. That song sounded like a parody of country music just like metal music with cookie monster vocals sounds like a parody of metal.

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ahh,the subjectivity of music... like Mike said,not everyone has to like it:idk:... i personally think tha Cross Canadian Ragweed is the best band period but i know that several will disagree... maybe i should have worded the thread title different... man do i have a bad habit of wording things wrong:facepalm:

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Taylor Swift writes terrible songs that people like. That's a fact (just use the line "when you think Tim MacGraw - I hope you think of me" as exhibit A). It is as much a fact as the fact that she can't sing in key.


Mainstream country doesn't have much to offer but once in a while a little gem slips through. I submit that this Johnny Reid tune from a year + ago is much, much better than 'Real' from your guy:


 

 

different strokes i suppose... not a bad song, but the guys voice sounds like a cross between Bryan adams and a cat in heat... JMHO... like i said though, subjective... i'm glad it works for you...

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