Eva Cassidy. I’ll never forget the first time I heard her sing. It was “Fields of Gold” and I found myself nearly weeping. With a bit of research I found her version of “Over the Rainbow” and that was it - I had to have every recording of her I could find. How sad I was when I discovered there wasn’t much out there and how even more hear…
Eva Cassidy. I’ll never forget the first time I heard her sing. It was “Fields of Gold” and I found myself nearly weeping. With a bit of research I found her version of “Over the Rainbow” and that was it - I had to have every recording of her I could find. How sad I was when I discovered there wasn’t much out there and how even more heartbreaking to find she was no longer with us. A true loss for Humanity if there ever was one.
Eva was a victim of the music industry’s ignorance and greed. As a singer- songwriter myself, I can attest to the difficulty one encounters in trying to “make it”. You are at the mercy of a gigantic machine run by individuals who decide what talent is - and let’s face it, most of their decisions are based on dollars and cents, not actual talent. Listened to any top 40 recently? Dear God!
Even with access that aspiring artists have today to outlets like You Tube, Twitter and others, it’s harder now than ever to actually find true talent. It’s no longer small fish, big pond - it’s all swamp. With pitch correction and Auto Tune plugins being applied to nearly all recordings, you don’t need talent today, you need only be internet and tech savvy to make a recording. Even artists like Michael Buble are using Auto Tune, in the studio AND in concert! How insane. Don’t believe it? Check out “Wings of Pegasus” on you tube and poke around there. I promise your jaw will drop.
Eva Cassidy was a pure talent. It was evident even on a crude video recording with not an ounce of processing. Shame on every record executive who heard her voice and passed her up. Eva lost. We lost. Oh what might have been!
Eva Cassidy. I’ll never forget the first time I heard her sing. It was “Fields of Gold” and I found myself nearly weeping. With a bit of research I found her version of “Over the Rainbow” and that was it - I had to have every recording of her I could find. How sad I was when I discovered there wasn’t much out there and how even more heartbreaking to find she was no longer with us. A true loss for Humanity if there ever was one.
Eva was a victim of the music industry’s ignorance and greed. As a singer- songwriter myself, I can attest to the difficulty one encounters in trying to “make it”. You are at the mercy of a gigantic machine run by individuals who decide what talent is - and let’s face it, most of their decisions are based on dollars and cents, not actual talent. Listened to any top 40 recently? Dear God!
Even with access that aspiring artists have today to outlets like You Tube, Twitter and others, it’s harder now than ever to actually find true talent. It’s no longer small fish, big pond - it’s all swamp. With pitch correction and Auto Tune plugins being applied to nearly all recordings, you don’t need talent today, you need only be internet and tech savvy to make a recording. Even artists like Michael Buble are using Auto Tune, in the studio AND in concert! How insane. Don’t believe it? Check out “Wings of Pegasus” on you tube and poke around there. I promise your jaw will drop.
Eva Cassidy was a pure talent. It was evident even on a crude video recording with not an ounce of processing. Shame on every record executive who heard her voice and passed her up. Eva lost. We lost. Oh what might have been!