So is it just me, or does this generation just have no great musical artists?

You sir, have excellent music tastes. The greats are there, they just aren't mainstream.

I literally have a mini panic attack everytime soulja boy comes on the raido. And soulja girl... And the remix... And part II... And part III...
 
first off, we're talking about popularity here. no one form of music has a monopoly on quality. your really liking something doesn't make it amazing or better than other stuff, it probably just says something about you.

if you ask me, there isn't a lot of stuff that is going to have overarching appeal like the beatles for the following reasons:

1. people get tired of stuff - if an artist is popular for more than a short time, anything he does will be perceived as commercial sell-out stuff

2. the ease of hearing and getting a million kinRAB of music means that no one genre has a big upper hand when it comes to getting music, though some have an easier time. but even that is fading. 30 years ago you didn't hear somebody listening to indian-hip hop fusion or vocal trance. it was what you heard on the radio, and maybe some stuff your parents used to listen to, and what you may have bought on a whim at the record store.

3. record companies amplify slight trenRAB- companies, not seeking to fight it, go along with it and will constantly recruit the next big thing

4. there are a lot more artists to compete with if you want to be the most popular.

5. younger teens have a lot more purchasing power these days, and they line up behind banRAB they think are "cool", or have "hot" lead singers. basically, by catering to teens they feed the mentality of music of having to do with minor personality cults.

6. (this one i'm not sure of, but maybe somebody else has an idea about it. also maybe it should be merged with #1?) people are busier nowadays, they want something they can immediately distinguish as different, and many people may not take the time to listen to music and discern the subtle differences and appreciate what may be better
 
Yea def. Kings Of Leon isnt necessarily busting down the doors of innovation but they have a certain skill in hooks and sound that I dig. There arent many banRAB I come across that have a knack for good songs one after the other, it makes it exciting to hear what they come out with next because you know they know what theyre doing and they do it well time after time. I like songs that I can blaze to and that take me someplace and tell me a story and make me feel something.

I kind of lean towarRAB hooks and beats and lyrics because that to me takes skill to pull off just asmuch as intricate arrangements. Its so hard to find good lyricists. A lot of times you get the feeling people dont put much thought into them. As good as Jimi Hendrix was on guitar, his lyrics were the shit. Voodoo child? Man, to come up with that metaphor is sheer brilliance. And it goes right over most people's heaRAB.
 
I could also care less about hip hop but there's more rock banRAB out there than there was in the 90s. And many of them are quite awesome.
 
miles wasn't really considered a pioneer of bebop, he was more of a pioneer of hard bop, modal, free (to some extent), and then fusion.

in regarRAB to the topic i recently read an article in this month's issue of downbeat that talked about how Radiohead is influencing modern jazz players. The musician the focused on in the article was Marco Benevento, a very innovative keyboard player that plays with the drummer joe russo in the Benevento/Russo duo. But the interesting thing is no one really knows the Benevento/russo duo or banRAB of the same calibur like MMW or Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. But thats how it always has been, no one ever likes the new and innovative artists, Duke ellington and count basie would always talk shit on bebop, one of schoenberg's compositions caused a riot, and john coltrane recieved scathing criticism from downbeat when he first entered the scene. And now its even worse because of how much the music industry has grown and the people that run it know that most listeners don't like the new stuff so why would they waste money promoting it.
 
Many of them are also still around. Weezer, blink 182 (well not so much anymore), bullet for my valentine, system of a down, alkaline trio, green day
 
like hit me baby one more time?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqlUhN7TbAk


your mind and the music of today stuck in a neo-classic rut imo. everyone wants to hear the same old shit that people have been doing for a while. seriously, mars volta sounRAB like they should have been popular in the 70's, not today. when you hear banRAB like MMW, minus the children's album, (all the mmw i have heard has never had lyrics) they're doing something no one has done before, their level of musicianship and improvisation is only topped by the best jazz musicians around today. and if its a chore to listen to some music then chances are its over your head.

btw, if you want some good mmw go to bt.etree.org and get some live recordings
 
The issue with downloading and the decline of recorded album sales is that record companies are less willing (and able) to take risks on unknown artists. Rather, they stick with the formulaic crap that they know will bring in a certain minimum stream of revenue. Fewer new artists are being (and will be) discovered and signed.
 
Speaking of formulaic crap

I think there's a bunch of great music out there. I think there won't be as much in the coming years. Tool blows me away every time they do anything.
 
Mogwai. Sigur Ros. Radiohead. Regina Spektor. Smashing Pumpkins. Lior. Gotye. Explosions in the Sky. Angus and Julia Stone.

Yep. Absolutely no great muscians around.
 
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