'In my opinion the image of a musician counts on
everything. You can have very generic images for certain genres for example
pop punk is always looking very American, ¾ sleeve tops with colourful
hoodies skinny jeans and vans, where as you look at the new artists coming
into the more mainstream pop they could be dressing in things you may see
in river island or they could be completely alternative, an example of this
could be The 1975 they dress with the style of their music. I often also
think the style of music they are producing changes their image, Fall Out
Boy or Panic! At the Disco are great examples.’
- Chris Wormald, Devon based singer /songwriter
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Take the saccharine soaked, bleached leers of One Direction and irrespective of their cultural and social significance, the mass pumping of mundane lyricism and god-awful X-Factor legacy, hailed as prodigies by throngs of the prepubescent. Now remove it and perceive their music as a solitary construction. That’s what I believe the true essence of musicianship should be established on. The grounds of genuine exemplar works of noteworthy accolade, experimentation, poignancy of lyricism in the face of adversity. A kind of communist approach I suppose, musical equality goddamn it I’m calling for a revolution. No Brand mind, I have a proposition (I’m a little taller and my hair, though unkempt, is far from the mane of secrets).
I’m not saying that the individual eccentricity of appearance
is negative, god no. Yet all so often it would appear that much of what is
driven in popular culture is peculiarity lacking in substance and concrete
depth. I’m talking Miley, I’m talking raging feminists hurling fists at screens
when they accidentally flick to MTV. So much of the forsaken popular media
culture is reliant on outward looks. And for what? More pedantic sales of
humdrum monotony and sell out tours to psychologically warped individuals.
If Miley Cyrus (and I quake as I type its name) dressed still as she did in 2009
would anyone give a shit? If controversiality sells and meaningless
unconventionality is the mark of a good album then I’ll be damned. Call me a
fool, but my distaste is not superficial.'I think that image plays a very important part of the
music that I listen to because it gives me an identity and a social group
to be part of. I often see a photo of a band or artist and make the
decision to check out their music because I can deduce from their image
that I may be interested in their music. Image can also have an impact on
determining genre and so I can see if a band play music in a style that I
like just by looking at them’ – Leo Braukmann Pugsley, Devon based Singer/
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