State of the Industry

[l anthony johnson]

Too long to print here, but very informative .........and gloomy......
http://www.salon.com/ent/music/featu...usic_industry/

[joy4u]

Just because today's music is .....
you know what i mean.
Bull....

STOP emulating, start creating.

[JohnGalt]

I was thinking of starting a topic about this, but this one is along those lines,
so here goes.
Every decade of the late 20th century had its own distinctive musical sound, and
if one hears a song of a certain style,
he or she can probably identify very
closely the time period from which the
song came. Examples of styles associated with certain decades are:

1950's-Rockabilly
1960's-British invasion, phsychedelia
1970's-Glam rock, disco
1980's-New Wave, "Hair Band" metal
1990's-Grunge, alternative, "Seattle" sound

It seems like there is NO signature sound
emerging for the decade we are in. Unless that signature sound is J-Lo
or Britney Spears-artists which rely solely
on sexuality and shock value with no
musical originality at all-something that
obvoiusly is required to create a "signature sound". It's not likely to be them!
I really am amazed
that the time we are in is so devoid of a
sound which will, years from now, identify
the time we are in. It's a very ominous portent, IMHO! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[Hisham]

I blame MTV...

[flymax]

Maybe the sound of the 00's will be surround if they start installing it in cars. Couldn't that be a driving hazard?
The X-Mass issue of Billboard had no Hip-Hop or R&B acts in the top ten albums.
Also in Billboard they were talking about alot of big studios closing because project studios have gotten so good.
It seems we're ripe for change.

[bassmac]

I like to watch Britney with the sound off...and play a favorite CD from the past decades. Easy on the ears, and easy on the eyes too.

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[electrok]

I think it serves the major greedy record labels right. people get tired of spoonfed, shallow safe pre manufactured music.
electrok

[electrok]

In addition to what JohnGalt wrote:

pre british invasion- pretty boy manufactured crooners
pre punk/new wave- jam bands and watered down bubble gum pop. industry created disco (which sounds suprisingly inspired nowdays)
Pre grunge/rap - more 4 on the floor dance music for idiots
pre whatevers next- cloned pop rock bands that use the same guitar/drum sound plug in and manufactured pretty boy bands who know how to dance

[MattiMattMatt]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by JohnGalt:

Every decade of the late 20th century had its own distinctive musical sound, ...
It seems like there is NO signature sound
emerging for the decade we are in.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's because we're in this decade. The predominent musical style of any decade only becomes obvious once we've left it behind and entered the next. The time in which one currently exists always seems to have no predominant style, until one is able to look back on it with hindsight, and in light of the next stylistic shift that ossifies and illuminates the past. After all, isn't the moment when something sounds old the same moment when its characteristics become obvious. Or, to put it simply, Cher.

(A similar phenomenon is the "things aren't as good as they used to be" gripe which older people have been expressing as far back as their thoughts have been recorded. I believe there may be text from Ancient Greece in which the elders bemoan the decline of theater, along the lines that it just isn't what it used to be.)

Dems de way it is, dems de way it always wuz, dems de way it always will be. Arrrrr.

-MattiMattMatt

[andyo]

Chains, strip malls, pop culture, soda - totin' hip hop acts, cut and paste!!!!

Is anyone surprised it's not working?

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