The Messages behind the Music
The Messages behind the Music by Roxanne McDonald
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Behind great musicians are great stories and greater lessons. |
Granted, Vh1’s “Behind the Music” is an older program, but this Emmy-nominated nonfiction series still offers some remarkable messages as passed on to us by the men and women of the industry.
For example, in one installment Kid Rock discusses the difficult beginning, how he continuously got rejected and couldn’t seem to break into the music industry. He continued to try, however. He begged his father for some seed money, to cut a demo. Though his father disapproved and first said no, he did give Kid (Bob Ritchie, then) the money eventually. He says how one month he is at the
bare bottom, the next he is signed with Jive records, and within a few months has shoeboxes full of money.
For another example, consider Vh1 “Behind the Music”’s featuring LL Cool J. The star who reinvented himself consistently, re-structured Hip Hop and Rap (bringing the first real ballad to Hip Hop, for example) and dealt with a sad family life, having a father who was in and out of his early years (after shooting Cool’s grandfather and mother, for instance).
But about resentment LL Cool J says to harbor ill feelings toward someone (like his father) is to interfere with his blessings. In a related comment, the musical talent and trailblazer discusses forgiveness: he says there is no one on earth he doesn’t forgive—for they are all, he says, our teachers.
Besides showcasing the biographies of remarkable talents, then, “Behind the Music” exposes the attitudes that help us reach stardom, or maintain sanity, or reach, for those of us not in the music biz but aspiring in some way, the stars…be they stars like Cool or Kid or metaphorical heights of personal success.
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