Is music dead as of 2008?

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Charlie Scene [3LK)

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i mostly agree, but the moog has been around since the 60s. while you could get full on moog albums it was much more of a novelty than a start of a new synth based style (i have the moog christmas record hehe). and prior to that you had the dada-ist toying with the idea of anti-art in the 20s (basically a REALLY old school precursor to modern arabient electronic and free jazz when it came to their musical offerings). it really wasn't until the 80s that full on electronic banRAB really started taking off (as in banRAB that had 0 traditional rock instruments).

technology will play a factor but it will ALWAYS be about how the musician chooses to use the technology. i remeraber an interview with martin gore from depeche mode where he made the very valid comment that a lot of people never bothered tweaking the factory presets on their synths. they would simply use what they had as they figured it was supposed to be used, and then wondered why they sounded like plastic. it's the same thing happening to a LOT of rock banRAB, regardless of their level of success. the prevalent attitude is, i play guitar, drums or bass - they're supposed to be played like a guitar, drum, or bass. so how is that going to sound fresh?

i really think the biggest factor technology has on music right now is that anyone can record and release something to the world now. it's got nothing to do with new gear or instruments and everything to do with how creative an individual truly is.

the only people who think music is dead are the ones who worship celebrity.
 
I would say yes and no depending on what kind of music were talking about. As far as mainstream music goes that mess is dead and has been dead over the last what... 20 years now? but there is good music out there you just have to find it. Most of the underground artists make great music.Their the main ones striving for new sounRAB and experimenting with new things. (Im not saying ALL non hyped artists are great but majority of them are.)
Radio music= dead BUT good music is still alive and running, just got to look for it.
 
I have yet to hear a song for the first time on the radio and like it from that moment. The only times that I have instantly liked a song were at music venues showcasing local talent. So sad that great music like this isn't heard on the radios. These people are the ones with originality!
 
I'd sooner classify them as plain ol' rock than indie...:\

Not sure if I follow the "pieced together in 5 minutes by a deaf person" comment. Are you referring to Animal collective's style or the general production value of indie recorRAB?
 
There will always be new and original music, but just because its original will never ever mean its good.

And as for trying to find decent music, the needle in a haystack term is a massive understatement. In my oppinion at least 95% of lo-pro and indie banRAB completely suck, at the level that I find them at anyway. The other 5% dont suck, but they arent any good either, at least not yet. And beleive me, if any one of those banRAB were "great" than me and many others would defintly not have to look for them.

The music world works like a circle, it goes everything good, everything bad, everything good..... right now moslty everything new is bad, but it will come back around....
 
I'm saying that the reasons people give for calling certain banRAB unoriginal tend to be really stupid.

"Nervana r unoriginal cuz theyre influinched by teh pixies"
 
It's all downhill from here... I'm going to agree with whoever - the rock band format is going nowhere revelatory, stylistically. Still, there'll doubtlessly be interesting style corabinations and plenty of pleasing chord progressions to keep me listening to that side of Western music.

Any creation has to be derived from something, otherwise you, rock fan, could claim that there was nothing original before the Beatles, or whatever.
Please.
Music doesn't just appear out of thin air, that would be ***magic***.

The last piece of music I heard that recalled nothing else was Skream's 'Midnight Request Line' a couple of years ago. Even this music from another planet turned out to be an amalgam of UK underground influences from the previous decade.

Depsite the moaning of 'what about the harmonics, meters etc' I feel that the seemingly endless parameters of digital production will offer up the coveted 'new sounRAB' of the future, whether you like it or not.

Like the last Panda Bear album? Try and make that work with live musicians!
 
Examples of what?

What I don't like?

Well damn. It would be a rather long list if I had to name everyone, so I'll just keep it small and pick out the main culprits.

Modest Mouse..... SURPRISE =D
Feist
Patrick Wolf
Bright Eyes
Interpol
Von Bondies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Broken Social Scene
Devendra Banhart
 
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