The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful

[yuiyoshida]

[bdtrppr6]

1. in the old days you had

to search out the artist and buy the record or 45. if you had a tape recorder and the top 5 at 9 every night, maybe bootleg with DJ over the top of beginning/end. i taped songs off the radio all the time-just had to recognize the opening bars/intro, the best part of any song. the subtle beginning.

i have a huge virtual and RL music library but won't give digital to my son until i've played equivalent on turntable. he doesn't get discographies, a song or two, or albums he needs to hear(he plays drums and guitar-he's 10, also into cirque du soleil air-crobatics).

the loss of on air radio is a shame of progress in some ways, better in others. just controlled by the same supply end assholes.

i spent 1000s of $$ on vinyl, cassette and cd. actually owned 4 8 tracks- destroyer, highway to hell, jim croce greatest, bing crosby christmas.

[Initech]

2. It kind of works the same now.

Only difference is now we have iTunes, YouTube, and Google that add to the search. There's literally *TONS* of great new music out there being made. The people who complain about it either don't care or aren't looking for it.

[Major Nikon]

10. This is very true

However the music that tops the charts tend to almost universally follow the same formula.

The good news is there’s something for everyone provided you look outside the mainstream if that’s not what does it for you. The bad news is that truly inspired and talented artists are going to have a tougher time incorporating large productions that involve many musicians because they can’t appeal to larger audiences.

[jpak]

17. Since when has pop music NOT been formulaic?

Every decade and every genera of music has a formula.

Doo-wop

Folk

Rock and roll

Heavy metal

Punk

Disco

Rap and Hiphop

EDM

But I digress....

[bif]

11. I totally agree.

There's tons of great new music out there. You just have to search harder to find it.

[Initech]

12. I saw two shows this weekend.

I saw Chromeo on Friday and they kicked ass. And then I saw Coheed and Cambria on Saturday. Both bands have new albums out this year and they're both amazing. If you say there's no good music being made you're not paying attention.

[msongs]

3. watched that before and he is right - computerized auto tuned profanity laced junk nt

[Kablooie]

4. Yeah. We need to get back to real music like Camptown Races and Swanee.

[jpak]

18. ...

[quickesst]

5. Explained....

..... in simple english using logic, common sense, and solid science. I am very pleased to say that I am one of those people who get it.

[DetlefK]

6. Example for misuse of dynamic range compression:

I always hated this song. Hated it. The whispers of the lead-singer are as loud as the keyboard, the shredding electric guitar, the drums... Everything has the same volume. It just sounds wrong.

[DetlefK]

7. Example for millennial whoop and dynamic range compression:

[zanana1]

8. I was commenting on the suckiness of today's music when...

My 20-year-old nephew said "You're just old". True that. I tried, I really, really tried to like modern music. I would sit through hours of nauseatingly tepid music to accustom myself to the rhythms. It didn't work.
The lyrics just didn't mean anything. When I saw this video, I kept thinking "YES"! I sent it to my 20-year-old nephew, but I don't know if he has the attention span needed to get through it.

[yuiyoshida]

9. Ya see, this is why I LOVE Japanese modern music

They still know how to make a decent song in Japan!

[JuJuYoshida]

13. All I know is if I hear one more song with a vocoder I'm leaving Earth

[yuiyoshida]

16. its just shows in the era of Trump

Most of America has lost its soul.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. I'm an old fart - 61

There has always been pop music. You can't compare The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. Compare old pop music to new pop music, old rock to new rock. Yes, I tend to listen to music from my youth. Most people do. But I'm not goig to say ALL old music is better than ALL new music. That's just arrogant.

That being said, things like autotune and compression software take the soul out of music. I also don't like songs written by commitee, with 4 or 5 songwriters on a single song.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. The good news is

Young people can still appreciate the classics.

[Blue_Tires]

19. but dat rack tho...

[Snellius]

20. The media platform for music has changed.

From radio to records to albums to MTV to iPod to internet and smartphones. The main venue for exposure now is through the internet which focuses much more on the personalities of performers, rather than the music or live shoes. Kids go to live shows now because they like the players more than the music. It's not awful at all. It's just different for a different generation and technology.

[Boomerproud]

21. Bubbly.

Pure shit.