The Three M's

Before I begin my reviews on artists and albums, I would briefly like to explain the basis that I form my opinions on for music, something I like to call "the three M's". The first "M" is for Melody. This means that the beat of the song is smooth and flows in correspondence with everything else, in my opinion this is the most important element in a song, since the sound of the song itself is nearly always the thing that captures a listener. The next "M" is for Meaning. I also find the meaning of a song to be very important as well, because a song without a meaning is like a book without a plot. You will probably notice that I spend much time explaining the meaning behind a song, or at least what I think it means. This is simply because when I listen to a song, I want to be able to experience it in full, the way the artist intended, not just as white noise in the background to block out your parents telling you to finish your chores. The final "M" stands for Mood. I feel that mood is a combination of both the meaning, and melody of the song, the final kick that sends a song over the edge to really give the listener the full experience of the song. One thing I do not like is when artists can not match a correct melody to the lyrics, which in turn throws off the mood, leaving the listener confused about the song. In other words, all three of these elements are needed, in my opinion to make a good song, take out any one of them, and the other two do not function properly, and in the end you have just another sappy love song, or a cliched breakup song in a world already full of too many bands.