When I was a child, I believed the Fonz could actually backhand a jukebox and get the party started. I still do. I also remember as a kid watching music played on television and wondering how a band would fade out a song live. It was perplexing. Did they all turn down? Did the drummer play more softly? And then it hit me...they weren't really playing! They were doing the same thing I would do with a guitar in front of a full length mirror to "May This Be Love" in my bedroom, except they were on television. I now think it's on the funny side...but at the time as a little guy I got mad. In the spirit of this, please note…
If you are an artist and I say I like your music, I need you to know something. I never pull a live fade out. I really like your music. I hear music constantly that I either don't find genuine or sincere, or it is so formulaic that I just don’t say anything. Readers, I truly believe that you deserve better than Chicken McMusic. So even if we have to agree to disagree sometimes or different things make us musically happy, you still can be sure of one thing: I am honestly plugged in, my mike is live and I am really playing.
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Name: Christopher Levine
My Town: Live in DFW, Texas…raised in the Los Angeles area, spent time living in NYC.
Website: eclectiblogs.webs.com
Weapon of Choice: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
Morality: Husband, Father, Rocker…I think spirituality is a good thing.
Aesthetic: Sincerity that invokes thought, laughter, or tears…while not having to be all the rage to still be good.
I Equal: …a teddy bear filled with gunpowder.
Quote/song lyric that best describes my philosophy on life: “I come to you defenses down, with the trust of a child.” “Red Rain” by Peter Gabriel
