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Dude. Stop....this is new...
Dude. Stop....this is new...
You aren't the target audience for most of today's music - great, decent, or trash. Someone else gets to judge that, and probably not @HapoA matter of opinion.
I've heard little modern music being produced that I would call great, or even decent.
Time will tell and we will see how much of today's music is still around being played in 50 years as some from the 1970s is being played today.
You aren't the target audience for most of today's music - great, decent, or trash. Someone else gets to judge that, and probably not @Hapo
Maybe it's better that we bury most music that way and allow it to reinvent itself, and the same for most forms of art. It allows a story to come out of the chaos, and the next generation to learn a progression of what worked to build on, and allows the present generation to be chaotic and experimental and the next chapter of the story to emerge out of that.
The music from the 1970s we still play today will itself mostly die in the next 30 years or so. So what?
I was careful to say "mostly". How much is already just ignored, or remembered by a few older people?Not so sure about that. Lots of 70’s music is attracting young crowds looking for something more authentic than corporate lyrics and Autotune. And lots of it is being covered by younger groups.
Much music teens of the 70’s laughed at as irrelevant is still being played. I know of two amateur and one professional swing band in my county alone. And it’s those same teens, now a bit less immature, dancing to it, along with their (now) adult children.
Good music endures. The tricky bit is knowing what’s good enough to endure, though it’s a lot easier to predict what will fade into well-earned obscurity. But the creators of a lot of that knew they were creating the ephemera of the moment.
Rick “creating is now easy; the challenge is getting the good stuff widely heard, which is harder now” Denney
A banjo player returns home after a gig one evening...
Parking his car by his housing, he realizes he forgot to bring in with him his banjo from the backseat. He let's it go, thinking it'll probably be there in the morning still. Next morning he approaches his car, and notices that the rear window of his car has been smashed in! Uproared, he rushes to the car, and what does he find once he gets there? Two banjos in the backseat.
long ago (51 years to be exact) - I was walking across a parking lot on Vine St. in Hollywood having just completed a required audition for my union card (musicians union) - and noticed a bumper sticker on a car in the union's parking lot...Accordionists have the same problem.
This question is hotly debated by music educators, most of whom would agree with the premise that early exposure develops appreciation.quite an interesting thread... I do wonder (and can only speak to my country) if budget cutbacks in music education in schools over the last several decades is an issue - and whether less early exposure to music performance (learning to play an instrument) or music appreciation (being exposed to the history of music) - has in some very abstract way impacted music content produced today...
I'm being careful to not cite specific styles, genres or methods of composition or recording - just an observation...
yes it does - specifically math... raised my son as my father had raised me - to become a world class musician, if he so desired (i'm a second generation studio musician)... he certainly developed the skill sets (could have gone pro) but fell in love early with a more abstract mathematic discipline... today he's a theoretical physicist... stuff happens......In so doing, music study improves both language and math skills....
OMFG I was just about to post the same thing!Dude. Stop.
Whatever plucks youI am fairly certain that creative expression through music peaked with the advent of the "banjo orchestra."
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Now that's what I call Classical MusicThat guy on the left with the guitar is never going to be heard! He could be playing a completely different tune and no one would notice. Banjos are LOUD ... ;-)
And don't forget that pinnacle of culture the mandolin orchestra:
Thanks for the list. I’m discovering so much great new music too. Aldous Harding is the only one on your list that’s on mine too.I spend quite a chunk of time every week discovering new sounds, and thankfully my music tastes continue to expand because I easily find new stuff I like (I know way too many people whose tastes remain in their high school years). There are some pretty good artists that surfaced for me over the past 5+ years (check 'em out!): Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Hello Mary, Mamas Gun, Surprise Chef, Julia Jacklin, Caroline Rose, Altin Gün, Albertine Sarges, Corridor, The Proper Ornaments, Uèle Lamore, Parquet Courts, Meatbodies, SPELLING, Flipturn, Arlo Parks, Goon, L'Rain, Bartees Strange, The Weather Station, Alabama Shakes, Moonchild, Aldous Harding, Girl Ray, Kikagaku Moyo, Black Belt Eagle Scout, ........and on and on.....
great list...I spend quite a chunk of time every week discovering new sounds, and thankfully my music tastes continue to expand because I easily find new stuff I like (I know way too many people whose tastes remain in their high school years). There are some pretty good artists that surfaced for me over the past 5+ years (check 'em out!): Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Hello Mary, Mamas Gun, Surprise Chef, Julia Jacklin, Caroline Rose, Altin Gün, Albertine Sarges, Corridor, The Proper Ornaments, Uèle Lamore, Parquet Courts, Meatbodies, SPELLING, Flipturn, Arlo Parks, Goon, L'Rain, Bartees Strange, The Weather Station, Alabama Shakes, Moonchild, Aldous Harding, Girl Ray, Kikagaku Moyo, Black Belt Eagle Scout, ........and on and on.....
I have so many albums on my drive that I've never gotten around to listening to yet.I need to spend some time, like months getting new music. I have some but I'm lost in a time warp.
For me I would search and scour YouTube for new music and that takes time... I have other things I am doing...lolI have so many albums on my drive that I've never gotten around to listening to yet.
Not to mention what's on my Apple 4k streamer.
So much music, so little time.