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College doesn’t work. Don’t believe me? Ask any 20 something what their degree is and what their actual profession is and you will quickly start to see that college doesn’t work, at least in the way we measuring something “working.”

In our society today, success is all about what can be measure, what results can come from a given outcome. From the day we were born we were measured and tested. The formula is simple, A+B=C and if you keep quiet, make good grades and volunteer at the right places you too will be successful…one day. According to researchers, the unemployment rate among workers with at least a college degree is the highest it has been since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking such data, in 1970. College is not working.

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Yesterday (September 20th) was a huge day for releasing music. Bands like Needtobreathe, Gungor, John Mark McMillan (JMM) and many more released new tunes for the world to hear.

Each album (except for JMM, he just released a single) was highly anticipated. The hype/build up of each album pushed thousands to purchase these albums and give them some non stop earplay. I was one of the thousands that listened to each album all day long in hopes of finding some great new music. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed.

Let me sum it all up, NeedToBreathe seemed to go for the CCM radio play style album, Gungor went concept and might have royally struck out, and JMM continues to do his own thing and still be brilliant.

I have listened to all of these albums multiple times (yes even JMM, shhhhhhhh) and have gone back and forth. In some ways I like the NeedToBreathe album, but after a while it starts to all blend in and sound the same and really just gets old. The concept album that Gungor put out is really good stuff, but I do not think it is the homerun that we were all expecting. I still am enjoying, I just don’t think thousands will. The shining star from this whole day was JMM. He some how released only a single and still won the day. It was different, showed a sign of growth, and something new. John Mark continues to put out music that doesn’t look to give in to the demands of his audience but instead comes from him.

That is the difference between the other two albums mentioned, JMM went for what he thinks we need to hear, the others seemed to go for what we wanted to hear.

I love listening to an album and not knowing what to expect. The problem with NeedToBreathe was that it was no different then what they have put out in the last four or five years. Their previous album, Outsiders, broke their typical mold and got outside of the box. This album felt typical, safe, and a little over produced. As well, Gungor’s album was exactly what I expected. Yes it is artsy and creative, but it seemed like they went a bit to far to be just that, that is why I say it struck out. They jumped expecting to be caught and no one was there for the trust fall portion of the adventure.

But the great thing about music is that it is all opinion and that is what I am giving you…my opinion.

I am interested to hear what you think?
Who won the music battle royal of Tuesday, September 20th 2011