I was clicking around Napster and came across Duffy’s new track “Mercy”. Wow…it got to me! It didn’t have any of the sameness of the hit music of today. It was FRESH and BELIEVABLE. It hit me the way music used to capture me before the sample/ MIDI tracks of today. Oh, I realize that it was most likely made with those elements but you know what? It was done with emotion and style. I really felt something from her performance…suddenly I was in a red convertable with a beer between my legs, radio blasting as I rolled way to fast down Pacific Coast Highway. I was transformed into a different time…the time of Aretha, Stax-Volt, Motown and the sounds of “Young America”.

Today, there are no boundaries. A new artist has a blank canvas. The internet made that possible. It occurred to me that because of this record, young artists may be motivated to take more chances…be themselves, in fact I really think this may be “the” record of the summer and if so, it just may be the enouragement for new music to come. Go ahead, dig deep…dare to be different, dare to be unique, dare to FEEL again. Music is all about feeling. My sincere congrats go out to Duffy, her label and her producers for a killer track.

David Kershenbaum

www.musicproshollywood.com

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Now playing: Duffy - Mercy
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