{"id":3448,"date":"2015-02-24T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2015-02-24T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:02:24","slug":"country-chameleon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/24\/country-chameleon\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Country Chameleon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim McGraw\u2019s recent performance at The Oscars on Sunday night reminded me of an article I read recently for my Country Sub-Genre project. A country blog titled The Boot did a feature article last week called <a href=\"http:\/\/theboot.com\/tim-mcgraw-country-chameleon\/\">\u201cCountry Chameleon: The Ever-Changing Music of Tim McGraw.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tim McGraw - Southern Girl\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bFClhxM7LY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The article provides arguments from both critics and supporters of McGraw\u2019s changing style. Critics believe that Tim McGraw\u2019s newer songs are too automated and are not happy with the electronic sounds of his music. For example one of the critics stated, \u201cLEAVE THE AUTOMATED STUFF TO POP AND HIPHOP!!! I can\u2019t be the only one that missed acoustic guitars and unautotuned voice.\u201d It is noted that Tim McGraw, at age 46, has gotten to the point when artists start to wash out; McGraw, however, is actively keeping his music, sound, and image current to fit with the time. \u201c[Tim McGraw] has always been among the first big-name artists to embrace new changes. That keeps his music sounding fresh and new \u2013 even if it risks alienating some of his more traditional-minded listeners,\u201d states the author.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2015122\/rs_634x1024-150222184715-634-tim-mcgraw-oscars.ls.22215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For these reasons I think Tim McGraw was the perfect person to perform the tribute to Glen Campbell. McGraw was able reach two different audiences thanks to his smart business tactics: those who like Glen Campbell and McGraw\u2019s older style of music, and his current fans who appreciate his modern sound.<\/p>\n<p>Although critics of Tim McGraw tend to be harsh, one has to appreciate the barriers he&#8217;s broken down to get to where he is now. \u00a0McGraw has managed to stay a threat and country music power figure even with his growing age. \u00a0This is especially difficult considering he has done all of this as a member of the country-pop sub-genre. \u00a0Older fans criticize McGraw&#8217;s changing sound and believe he has abandoned his roots, but as an artist if he&#8217;s happy with his work and is successful at what he does then who are we to say that Tim McGraw isn&#8217;t being true to himself? \u00a0I&#8217;ve grown up listening to Tim McGraw and as a fan I think we should be commending him for keeping up with the fast-paced and always-changing modern music business, rather than tearing him down.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? \u00a0How was Tim&#8217;s performance on Sunday night? \u00a0Is Tim selling himself out for modern fame and fortune? \u00a0Leave your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim McGraw\u2019s recent performance at The Oscars on Sunday night reminded me of an article I read recently for my Country Sub-Genre project. A country blog titled The Boot did a feature article last week called \u201cCountry Chameleon: The Ever-Changing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/24\/country-chameleon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,55,58,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-country-pop","category-countrypolitan","category-live-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}