What's happening to our music?
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How did you change the background?, I didn't know you could do that. Nice song BTW.Fluffles said:
OT: Well, yes, music have been pretty shitty lately, but it has always have been shitty, you just need to search a little bit and stay far, far away from MTV (it used to be my main source of new music, now I just watch it for a couple of shows and no, it's not Jersey Shore).
I've also changed all the sprites so they are: Catface and the two Llamas with hats.SupahGamuh said:
http://www.audio-surf.com/forum/index.php?topic=4908.0
I have a small program called Sphere that I pulled off the forums somewhere. I would just google "audiosurf background change" and find out. I can't find it on first inspection.
Media Studies people are way ahead of you on this.
Look up the Long Tail effect, Rhapsody Music case study.
Look up the Long Tail effect, Rhapsody Music case study.
Well, I think you need to be looking at the genre-crossovers with Art & Fashion: "Art Punk", "Synth Country" and "Fashion Electronica".Dante DiVongola said:
CSS - Art ***** (Caution: EXPLICIT LYRIC CONTENT)
Is that really such a bad thing?
Munchausen by Proxy - Keystar
Well, Electronica is merging with Fashion..
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
She's very keen on her clothes. Has the same Performance Artist sensibility as Lady Gaga, whilst being cool enough to poke fun at herself.
Although this next example is best described as "Shoegazing", I think it is better to recommend this to the "Art Pop" genre:
This may be from the long-running, now defunct, BBC TV show "Top of the Pops", but this must belong in the "Art Rock" genre:
So, is there a limit to these genre-crossovers with Art & Fashion? Can there be such a thing as "Art Jazz"?
Would "Art-Reggae" actually just be another name for the synth/effect heavy "Dubstep" genre?
I think we all need to credit the Art School system for bringing us talented musicians (e.g. Keith Richards) and early venues.
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
This may be from the long-running, now defunct, BBC TV show "Top of the Pops", but this must belong in the "Art Rock" genre:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin
So, is there a limit to these genre-crossovers with Art & Fashion? Can there be such a thing as "Art Jazz"?
Caravan Palace - Jolie Coquine
Would "Art-Reggae" actually just be another name for the synth/effect heavy "Dubstep" genre?
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I think we all need to credit the Art School system for bringing us talented musicians (e.g. Keith Richards) and early venues.
As a producer you totally know how it is. Popular music is always marketed at housewives and hormonal teens because they are the most gullible consumers. Pop music today is just as bad as it was when you were younger, only you didn't realize it because it was catering specifically to you. So you're just getting older 
But the problem is so many artist are focused on having the most distorted basses and YUY-iest vowel synths which isn't what dubstep was about, dubstep was about who had the deepest tunes, which is why Burial is considered to be the greatest dubstep artist of all time, because of the fact that his tunes are mainly about a deep sub, glitchy lo-fi vocal samples and a deep meaningful key. Some thing which Skrillex can't hope to achive. And I say it peaked earlier, around the time when raves were legal back here in England, when we had the Prodigy cooking tunes like Out of Space and the syncopated beats of jungle.Gmans uncle said:I feel the only genera I've seen any real improvement in in the last few years would be electronica. I've seen alot of evolution in that genera, I still say it peaked somewhere around...
But we've had allot of new talent enter the scene. Also I strongly disagree with you about dubstep, I fucking love the genera with all my heart. there's so much energy in dubstep that you simply don't get from other music, when a good dubstep artist drops the bass YOU FEEL IT and I love that.
And music in my ears? I listen to what sounds good, and respect other people choices, besides Justin Bieber and Lil' Wayne.
I actually believe that underground rap has been given a resurgence recently, what with Asap Rocky, Childish Gambino, Cunninlyguist, and Kendrick Lamar. Also, you had Drake, and The Beastie Boys making new rap albums as well this year.TheTim said:
You should be grateful for all of these great new albums to listen to, all my favourite genres are dead, or even worst forgotten about completely. Genre's such as Trip Hop, Shoegaze, and Grunge. Trust me, it's once in a blue moon that anything in those genre's gets released today, it's not marketable in this day and age, the world has moved on from those 80's/90's sounds, and I've just grown to accept that.
Sometimes the hardest part is letting go, even so despite everything I'm still listening to new stuff regardless of it.
These sound like what I would consider metalcore. I can't say I'd call them punk.LilithSlave said:
And back to the OP:
Mainstream country has gone to hell for the most part, but there's still some good stuff out there. Old time string bands count, right? And the second one is getting into the singer/songwriter area, but whatever. It's a good tune.Dante DiVongola said:
I thought that style of punk died out in the early years of the last decade. But as others have said there's an absurd amount of subgenres of punk around these days. Here's a smattering of some from the NY area:Dante DiVongola said:
So basically, there's plenty of stuff to suit any taste. You just might have to do some digging to find it.
There was a lot of shit music back in "the good old days". Hell, a lot of it was the popular stuff at the time. So that hasn't changed.
But music is, I'd say, at a peak of creativity and inventiveness and is only getting better on the whole. You just have to stop listening to the top 40 hits or whatever is doing the rounds on TV or whatnot and actually go find decent music. Into metal? Isis, Neurosis, The Gersch (the are to sludge what Black Sabbath was to all of heavy metal), Skepticism, Ea, Funeral, Evoken, Sunn O))), Earth, Tool, Boris, Mushroomhead, the list goes on. Into more normal rock? Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, The Church (been around for thirty years and still going strong and awesome), This Will Destroy You, Sorne, Serj Tankian, Matisyahu, Morphine, and so on. There's plenty of music out there that makes the greats look bad by comparison--I love the hell out of Johnny Cash, but a lot of those bands manage to make me feel some particular emotion much more powerfully than Cash tends to do (with a few exceptions, but that is the rule of thumb trend).
The internet has allowed any sort of music to be made and instantly find an audience. You just have to snoop around to find the really good stuff.
But music is, I'd say, at a peak of creativity and inventiveness and is only getting better on the whole. You just have to stop listening to the top 40 hits or whatever is doing the rounds on TV or whatnot and actually go find decent music. Into metal? Isis, Neurosis, The Gersch (the are to sludge what Black Sabbath was to all of heavy metal), Skepticism, Ea, Funeral, Evoken, Sunn O))), Earth, Tool, Boris, Mushroomhead, the list goes on. Into more normal rock? Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, The Church (been around for thirty years and still going strong and awesome), This Will Destroy You, Sorne, Serj Tankian, Matisyahu, Morphine, and so on. There's plenty of music out there that makes the greats look bad by comparison--I love the hell out of Johnny Cash, but a lot of those bands manage to make me feel some particular emotion much more powerfully than Cash tends to do (with a few exceptions, but that is the rule of thumb trend).
The internet has allowed any sort of music to be made and instantly find an audience. You just have to snoop around to find the really good stuff.
Idk, music is all taste, I personally think most newer music sucks big ass, but with bands like the Black Keys, Electic Six, and the Sheepdogs still keeping older styles alive with a newer twist, and getting acclaim for it, there will still be music to listen to in your genre
Music is an art. It's mailable and evolves just like any other artistic medium. New genres are born, age, change, and so on. They've split into sub-genres. Personally, I've developed a taste for trip-hop and chap-hop.
It depends on the person making music and the listener. It is art and art progresses with time. What some may think is bad others see as instant hits, I'm sure everyone said something like this before but who knows in a couple of decades old stuff could hit a resurgence or something new that has a classic sound could pop up.
my music has not changed, I listen to alternative stuff. That has never ceased to be good. However EDELE amazes me because she does not skank it up to have massive sales, she just sounds amazing