Made me think of this gem(snipity snip)
I was just going to suggest listening to local and underground bands. What's sad about their deadlines is that they have to pay fines in the millions for being late. And then they typically have to have a producer over their shoulder making sure it's 'pop' enough.RIAA/IFPI pushingv the artists they "represent" to release garbage because sadly it sells by the boat loads. It simply comes down to $ its a business as far as record execs are concerned. Music isn't art, its guaranteed profits, nothing more.
That's why I listen to a lot of independent artists not just "the mainstream" as they aren't being pushed around by the big labels to crank out crap by ridiculous deadlines which if said deadlines aren't met, they are sued by their own label for "violating their contract."
Most independent musicians put out a lot of unique, creative and amazing music because they aren't under all that pressure.
Don't get me wrong, I listen to some mainstream artists too, but I usually prefer the indie musicians over mainstream with few exceptions.
Why does today's music suck?
For the same reason why today's music always "sucks", no matter what the era.
You're looking at a music consumption level in popular culture unfiltered by time.
Throughout our lives, there have always been gobs of sheer and utter crap that people have made when it comes to music. The kind of stuff that makes you want to stab your eardrums rather than listen to another moment of it. But what people forget is that the songs we truly remember (and thus the songs that continue to stay with us) are the good ones, not the crap. So we remember that Sinatra tune. We remember that Fleetwood Mac ditty, or the number by Pink Floyd. But that song by Rupert Holmes? You forgot it five years after it was released, the extant copies ended up in the 25 cent stacks of records in a dusty shop, and time moved on.
After memory has its way, what nostalgia lets us have are the good songs, so it seems indeed like today has a lot more garbage. But trust me, go to a thrift store and sift through the stacks of records and you can see for yourself the forgotten dregs what previous eras foisted upon mankind.
Mfw almost none of you experienced the music utopian era that was the 90s
Well, this isn't true about ALL commercial music. Some made it for people to enjoy, a company saw it, sucked a bit of dick to get it, and now the artist is a millionaire.today is everything commercial, the composers only make music to earn, and not to make the listener enjoy it
The problem is with modern media overexposure- you can't perpetuate the cannon of rock stars as ethereal godlike figures anymore.
Main reason I stopped listening to radio channels was because they kept insisting on playing the same music over and over again with little to no change. Even now when I try to listen to some channels I still recognise most of the songs they play :|What you hear on the radio is not the entirety of music today. Use the internet and find the music that speaks to you.
When I venture onto terrestrial radio, I try to find the classical music station. Don't here the same song on there very often.Main reason I stopped listening to radio channels was because they kept insisting on playing the same music over and over again with little to no change. Even now when I try to listen to some channels I still recognise most of the songs they play :|
That would probably work had it not been for the fact that I'm not a fan of classical musicWhen I venture onto terrestrial radio, I try to find the classical music station. Don't here the same song on there very often.
Just curious, how much classical music do you actually know? It's a pretty diverse as it covers centuries of music.That would probably work had it not been for the fact that I'm not a fan of classical music