"It aint country music".

I hear this all the time. But you wanna know what I think?

I think that country music is a living, breathing thing. It is ever evolving, ever changing and there are always trends, just like any other genre of music. I grew up in the south, am touched by the traditional country my father listened to and have a great respect for the legends of this industry that I thrive in. I take offense to people who say that the something isnt country because it doesnt have a 3/4 time back beat and a lyric about your mama in it.

Country music consists of songs written about life. Written about how you live, what you love, what moves you and telling stories about things that inspire you. Who gives a crap if it is sung to what some people here as a "pop" melody. I don't. In fact, I think it's great that music row has welcomed fresh sounds.

Taylor Swift is a prime example. She is from Hendersonville, Tennessee grew up country and writes/performs the songs she loves and she writes about her LIFE. She's a freakin teenager, so ofcourse her songs arent going to ooze the depth of Kris or Willie. Why fault her for that and tell her she isn't country. She's not Patsy Cline, but she's not trying to be. She's just being herself and I personally like her album. She cowrote almost all the songs with Liz Rose who is a power-house songwriter that I greatly admire.

Is it TRADITIONAL country? Nope. But neither was Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and DARE I SAY IT... Patsy Cline. Did you kow she was considered "pop" by the industry folk of her time?

I say don't hate. Any success in this industry is to be respected. Most people have NO IDEA how difficult it is to get a song cut, get a record deal and be successful. If they did, they'd be listening to the radio musc differently in my opinion.

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