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*"I wish people made songs like they used to. Songs nowadays seem to be songs just for the sake of being songs. I like songs that give an actual message and not songs that are just made just to be songs."_
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Ah, the constant struggle between artistic integrity, and the need to make money! haha
Placid, shallow music for the sake of dime and fame have always existed since music became an industry, however, I will certainly agree that the quantity of truly good music that makes it to radio (or pop-stream/general commercial) play these days is very thin; much thinner than in decades past.
That said, the production is happily not dead! It has simply sunken into the indie scenes and niche crowds. Likewise, some of the focus-group'd music isn't so bad. Deep, perhaps not, but catchy still counts as a merit.
For me, it's not as much the actual music that has lessened in quality on the pop charts_*(I honestly have nothing against the infamous four-chord progression)_*, but the quality of the lyrics that has genuinely slipped. Even rap/hip-hop, a genre defined by its lyrical deliveries, rhyme schemes, wordplay, and timing, has become... mush. At least in the teeny-bopping Billboard lists.
I will also admit that I miss organic instrumentation. Electronics absolutely have their place beside any classic tool, but sadly the "beside" portion has gone near extinct as traditional musical instruments are growing hardline scarce. I adore a good Skrillexian dubstep bass drop, or a wavy far-out soundscapes ala ELO or Rush, but I have also been moved to tears by live orchestra. The traditional sounds are missing, I believe.
Too tired to care
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*"I wish people made songs like they used to. Songs nowadays seem to be songs just for the sake of being songs. I like songs that give an actual message and not songs that are just made just to be songs."
Ah, the constant struggle between artistic integrity, and the need to make money! haha
Placid, shallow music for the sake of dime and fame have always existed since music became an industry, however, I will certainly agree that the quantity of truly good music that makes it to radio (or pop-stream/general commercial) play these days is very thin; much thinner than in decades past.
That said, the production is happily not dead! It has simply sunken into the indie scenes and niche crowds. Likewise, some of the focus-group'd music isn't so bad. Deep, perhaps not, but catchy still counts as a merit.
For me, it's not as much the actual music that has lessened in quality on the pop charts
I will also admit that I miss organic instrumentation. Electronics absolutely have their place beside any classic tool, but sadly the "beside" portion has gone near extinct as traditional musical instruments are growing hardline scarce. I adore a good Skrillexian dubstep bass drop, or a wavy far-out soundscape