Thursday, May 7, 2009
Throughout the ages, there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision
As a band that is "of the people, by the people, and for the people," HIV Negative is committed to finding ways to bring its music to everyone, even in its most infant stages. In light of this commitment, HIV Negative is proud to announce that it has begun writing for its as-yet-unnamed debut album. The first song, conceived when one of the members noticed that the Em and Am chords sounded cool when played alternately, is the first harmonic masterpiece to go under the musical microscope. Entitled "Jenny," it is still unclear if this song will eventually be released as a single or if it will be a part of the full album release only. Wherever it finally appears, one thing is certain: HIV Negative-loving workers of the world will unite in praise when they hear it.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day. I want to record it here because I feel like it represents well the message that we are trying to spread.
We’ve got a band meeting tomorrow if you want to come over and sit on our couches with us.
I’m tempted…but only if I’m not interrupting the silence.
We could use you, since the silence won’t be getting interrupted by music.
What? Isn’t that what bands do? Make music?
BANDS do that. We’re a movement; a social force; we’re pure energy in its corporeal form. You might want to read the band manifesto again.
I’ve read it and commented on it. But I assumed that music was the means through which you intended to convey your message.
One of the Western bourgeois assumptions that we are trying to dismantle is the notion that music requires sound. Our music is by the people and for the people, particularly the voiceless masses, repressed by modern conventions of sensory perception.
Wow, that’s pretty ambitious. I guess it doesn’t matter then if none of you can tune a guitar. You don’t even need instruments!
That’s the best part about making music in a postpostmodern world—nothing is really necessary.
This conversation is representative of the struggle we face, but we assume it willingly and with cheerful hearts, knowing that the revolution isn’t coming—it’s already here.
We’ve got a band meeting tomorrow if you want to come over and sit on our couches with us.
I’m tempted…but only if I’m not interrupting the silence.
We could use you, since the silence won’t be getting interrupted by music.
What? Isn’t that what bands do? Make music?
BANDS do that. We’re a movement; a social force; we’re pure energy in its corporeal form. You might want to read the band manifesto again.
I’ve read it and commented on it. But I assumed that music was the means through which you intended to convey your message.
One of the Western bourgeois assumptions that we are trying to dismantle is the notion that music requires sound. Our music is by the people and for the people, particularly the voiceless masses, repressed by modern conventions of sensory perception.
Wow, that’s pretty ambitious. I guess it doesn’t matter then if none of you can tune a guitar. You don’t even need instruments!
That’s the best part about making music in a postpostmodern world—nothing is really necessary.
This conversation is representative of the struggle we face, but we assume it willingly and with cheerful hearts, knowing that the revolution isn’t coming—it’s already here.
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