Not sure we quite understand the purpose of this category. Amazon states:
"We're shining the spotlight on music that's either made by artists who are committed to environmental causes like Ben Jelen, who started his own foundation (the Ben Jelen Foundation) that supports environmental legislation and third-world countries most affected by global warming; or that's designed to bring awareness to environmental causes like the Green Owl Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition."
Is this a genre of music that people actually search out, like, "I only listen to music by those who support a particular cause?" Perhaps it's for clueless music supervisors who need a pre-packaged soundtrack. Nonetheless, if you read our piece An Inconvenient Truth: Your Music Supervisor Sucks, then you probably get where we are going with this. In short, there's a lot of great music out there by all kinds of musicians that, when placed in the right context, can bring new meaning to environmentally and social awareness--whether they preach about it or not.
Here's our second installment of ecopopstars. Just a few of our favorite tracks that might not be on your ecological radar. After all, why would they be?
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i often highlight when a band or artist does something exceptional for the environment as part of their musical career, so i'd say yes. people DO seek out music with a positive impact on the earth.
The Green Movement has been around for ages. However, despite the fact that it is growing and becoming more mainstream, the soundtrack is sadly lacking diversity and merely perpetuates the perception that only crunchy hippie-types give a shit. Artists across all genres have been making music that is perfectly suited for positive change, yet whoever has been in charge of the music thinks that folk, world, and trance music is the best way to get any party started. Well, for the other 99% of us not attending Burning Man this year, it’s not. Everyone knows that there’s no quicker way to clear a dance floor than by poor music choice. The same could be said about the potential success of a movie, commercial or event.
After hearing Melissa Etheridge in An Inconvenient Truth, the audiophiles at ecopop.com were finally inspired (or was it fed up?) to scour our music collection and bring you an alternative soundtrack. We’re not saying it’s better than what’s out there, but we’re typing it. So there. We recommend you find some comfortable toe-tapping shoes, like the ones we rave about here, because this party is just getting started. Until next month, when we bring you some more of our favorite ecopop tunes, feel free to share those in your collection for possible inclusion in our upcoming post.
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i often highlight when a band or artist does something exceptional for the environment as part of their musical career, so i'd say yes. people DO seek out music with a positive impact on the earth.
Honestly, I've never even considered it...but maybe I should.