Out with the Old

I was once told by one of my grandpa's wealthy old friends that the best way to make a fortune is to take an  ordinary, simple, everyday thing and reformat it and make it better. For example the guy who makes those whirlwind vacuums took a relatively simple idea and remade it to make it better and is now rolling in the green. This is not a new or unknown concept and the popularization of the internet has made this idea even more prevalent in today's society.

I think I really noticed this of late when I was looking for some new music and saw all of the remakes, mash ups, and covers that are out there. People do no hesitate to constantly push the boundaries of musical innovation in the most bizarre ways possible and many times its a hit. One of the artists who is great at this is named Jayme Dee and she does a lot of covers to popular songs and makes them acoustic. Many times I actually end up liking her version better than the original. This is also a good example of how technology can promote creativity because she has gained massive popularity through the medium of YouTube. She has her own channel and all of the covers that she does and people flock to her page to listen and download her music. She doesn't do this for the money because all of her downloads are free and she encourages people to download her music. This is because she is truly just in it for the music and  for her fans, like I mentioned in an earlier blog. But I digress, that is neither here nor there because this blog is not about her it is about how technology has drastically aided in the expression of creativity in this day and age (also a great album by the Killers).