MUSIC AND INNOVATION

David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Jim Morrison, Page, Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury and Mark knopffler - What is common among them? They are the greatest innovators of the 21st century. They did to Music what Ford did to corporate America, Mandela to apartheid and Fidel Castro to geopolitics. So, when we talk about innovation why don't we talk about them? We talk about GE, General Motors, Coca Cola - why not Grundge, Punk Rock? We talk about Jack Welch, Bill Gates - why not Slash, Syd Barrett?

Syd Barrett gave his life for laying the philosophy of Pink Floyd - he turned insane. Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrision gave their lives for their music, their art. Led Zepellin's "Stairway to Heaven" is one of the most philosophical lyrics ever written in the history of music. Freddie Mercury's "Bohemian Rhapshody" reveals his musical ingenuity earning him accolades around the world.

Music and Innovation goes hand in hand. If we really want to learn what innovation is - we should learn from them - the rockers who are considered "punks" in the social elite.
So, in Guns' N' Roses' "Get into the Ring" , let confront those hypocrites ...