Anyone Else Here Upset That Real, Authentic Music Is Officially Dead?

[maltedhopsfrenzy]

Sitting here on a lazy Sunday Funday listening to Al Green sing “Here I Am Baby” thinking, I haven’t heard a new song I actually enjoy in maybe 10-15 years? And now with A.I., you could have a computer $#!T out some kind of soulless “sound alike” crap that has no meaning or backstory behind it.

From Bach/Beethoven until 15 years ago (or so), I guess we had a nice run…..

 

[jjgold]

music junk today when Taylor Swift is the face of music you know the talent is bad

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

I posted this in KVB’s thread earlier, here it is again.

Good music is NOT dead.

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[maltedhopsfrenzy]

I posted this in KVB’s thread earlier, here it is again.

Good music is NOT dead.

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[drunkenhorseplayer]

It's been that way for about 30 years.

 

[BigJay]

Sitting here on a lazy Sunday Funday listening to Al Green sing “Here I Am Baby” thinking, I haven’t heard a new song I actually enjoy in maybe 10-15 years? And now with A.I., you could have a computer $#!T out some kind of soulless “sound alike” crap that has no meaning or backstory behind it.

From Bach/Beethoven until 15 years ago (or so), I guess we had a nice run…..

 

[Tanko]

Sitting here on a lazy Sunday Funday listening to Al Green sing “Here I Am Baby” thinking, I haven’t heard a new song I actually enjoy in maybe 10-15 years? And now with A.I., you could have a computer $#!T out some kind of soulless “sound alike” crap that has no meaning or backstory behind it.

From Bach/Beethoven until 15 years ago (or so), I guess we had a nice run…..

I agree with you Malted....

I get my Alexa to get into that type of music by asking her to play "sitting on the dock of the bay" by otis redding and she generates similar songs for hours.

 

[Tanko]

I posted this in KVB’s thread earlier, here it is again.

Good music is NOT dead.

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JFC...
Diggity, you need to cancel your Spotify subscription....

 

[djefferis]

Dead - no

In a severely slow period for great artist getting wide exposure - yes.

It ebbs and flows - has been like this from the start. They said rock was dead the moment of the plane crash in Clear Lake and Elvis went into the army. They said it was wrong when punk and disco took over in the mid 70s and they said it was done in the Early 90’s when no rock song topped the charts.

It’s slowing as labels are struggling to monetize new acts and continuing to focus on the “proven” winners and not investing in developing more talent. Every genre is suffering - rock the most as it’s simple - no one wants to learn an instrument these days ? Now it’s kids playing DJ at home on a computer vs learning to play guitar practicing 8 hours a day.

Taylor is actually very talented musically - you just miss it as the hype makes it seem like she’s pure pop. Doesn’t hurt she has immense pressure to continuously push product every year and release any song she can.

Country has the same issue right now - you got 100 new acts out there getting pushed by some label as “the next big thing”. Why - because the genre has been ignored for a decade and a whole crop of talent learned how fickle the industry is and refused to sign stupid deals for a marginal advance and loss of control of their product.

Rap is beginning to catch up as well too - the moment you sign away your publishing - you sign away control of your work.

Streaming is just the latest rip off - you get $3 per 10,000 streams on some platforms. Think about that for a minute - a million damn people like your song and listen to it- you earn as much as a WalMart greeter in a $15 an hour minimum wage state. God forbid you were in a band and had to split things 4 or 5 ways.

 

[BMR Genie]

I posted this in KVB’s thread earlier, here it is again.

Good music is NOT dead.

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OMG!

 

[JDS]

I grew up in the heart of the grunge era during the 90s, so I definitely feel that pull toward “they just don’t make music like they used to.” But honestly, every generation says exactly the same thing. We’re all guilty of it no matter how convinced we are that our decade had the real magic when we stack it up against others.

 

[KVB]

music junk today when Taylor Swift is the face of music you know the talent is bad

Bro you're nuts, check out this sick beat...

 

[Wagerallsports]

^^^^

I wonder when that guy’s about 50 years old if he will look back and realize what a G-Damn fool he was lol

 

[Wagerallsports]

This song is before my time, but when this topic comes up about authentic music dying, I use it as an example

A full group of musicians + skilled lead-type vocalists in one single band…

 

[Tanko]

^^^^

I wonder when that guy’s about 50 years old if he will look back and realize what a G-Damn fool he was lol

It will likely depend upon how much $ he has at 50. Right?
Could go either way....

• If he's got millions, he'll say it was worth it.
• If he's broke, he'll likely have regrets.

But, his kids may say, dad you were "dope" back then.
Or maybe, "Dad, WTH were you thinking."

 

[Wagerallsports]

It will likely depend upon how much $ he has at 50. Right?
Could go either way....

• If he's got millions, he'll say it was worth it.
• If he's broke, he'll likely have regrets.

Give me the latter for the max

 

[Tanko]

Give me the latter for the max

I'm not a huge fan of that type of music so yeah, I'm with you.

 

[djefferis]

^^^^

I wonder when that guy’s about 50 years old if he will look back and realize what a G-Damn fool he was lol

That’s assuming a lot that he will make it to 50.

Things have a way of sorting themselves out and eliminating the lowest on the evolutionary chain.

 

[djefferis]

I grew up in the heart of the grunge era during the 90s, so I definitely feel that pull toward “they just don’t make music like they used to.” But honestly, every generation says exactly the same thing. We’re all guilty of it no matter how convinced we are that our decade had the real magic when we stack it up against others.

The funny thing is - it took a solid 3 years I think for most everyone to figure out grunge was just repackaged arena rock for the most part. Was funny how gear that had been out of favor for a decade was suddenly hot around that time - everyone wanted 70s pedals and amps because it’s what their idols used - and their idols used them because THEIR idols used them originally.

Smells like Teen Spirit was just More than a feeling with new lyrics. A lot of the grunge stuff was just a mashup of punk and stadium rock of the 70s. Kurt freely admitted to ripping off the Pixies with that one - but the riff is definitely More than a feeling.

It’s been this way for a generations - and it will repeat again. Feels like every 25 years we wind up back to what was big the generation before.

 

[maltedhopsfrenzy]

The funny thing is - it took a solid 3 years I think for most everyone to figure out grunge was just repackaged arena rock for the most part. Was funny how gear that had been out of favor for a decade was suddenly hot around that time - everyone wanted 70s pedals and amps because it’s what their idols used - and their idols used them because THEIR idols used them originally.

Smells like Teen Spirit was just More than a feeling with new lyrics. A lot of the grunge stuff was just a mashup of punk and stadium rock of the 70s. Kurt freely admitted to ripping off the Pixies with that one - but the riff is definitely More than a feeling.

It’s been this way for a generations - and it will repeat again. Feels like every 25 years we wind up back to what was big the generation before.

Just haven’t been “excited” by a new song/singer/group in maybe 20 years. Everything in the 60’s & 70’s was great - I even loved the disco stuff. Then, “Appetite For Destruction” blew me away! Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, all great. Even the late 90’s rap/rock like Korn, Linkin Park, into the 2000’s with Lit, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Green Day…..

I could even groove with like Fall Out Boy, Radiohead, My Chemical Romance - catchy tunes played by real bands…..

Just seems gone now. Taylor Swift is O.K. enough I guess, but seems to me like the soul of music is gone. Just my observation…..