Being an artist, singer or composer not just about image, fame and catchy sounds, especially the Rock, which is essentially protest, so was the Grunge in its infancy, it emerged as a response to the monotonous sound of the time.
Not only is music as an isolated people. The sound and lyrics are inspired by human thoughts and feelings, strong enough to write a letter and seek a sound.
Everything you find in art is consolidated with elements of real life. So it was that came the musical sounds that are currently known as genres. Thus the Jazz was consolidated as a sound made by Africans who were slaves in America.
While doing work forozosos singing, and later when acquiring freedom also reflected their feelings through music, but with musical instruments.
Meanwhile Bossa Nova transports you to an island paradise, it is a joyful sound own territory where it originated. So it was with Reggae, Tango, and even Reggaeton represents a territory and reflects a particular society.
They are the sounds of the world in a song and every sound reflects what we think collectively and as individuals, we also confers an identity, a lifestyle.
Art reflects what we were, we are and we long to be, and the artist can not get away from what happens around them and how this affects you.
Artists unwittingly or not, they acquire reponsabilidad to become spokesmen of society they represent, but society does not listen or follow your music. Still, the musicians should echo of what surrounds them with letters and the sound of their songs.
For example, when protests - not only in Venezuela but throughout the world and throughout history - the military, the police or any other agency responsible for ensuring order in the country and take care of ciudadados end up being seen as the enemy.
This song by Juan Manuel Fernandez and Antonio Romero of the Venezuelan grouping Mirror is inspired by the times of guarimbas in Venezuela (See Youtube guarimbas Venezuela in February 2014), and tells the story of a soldier; a human being with a family, a job, and who is also conscious to say NO! when things go wrong.
