maybe music IS dead
polycounter lvl 18
Why is it nobody creates and plays music that is about MUSIC and melody rather than angst and suicide and rebellion and jibbah-jabbah.
after watching Fuse for 20 mins it seems everyone wants to express their own sorrow and disposition through synthetic guitar filters and bland scores rather than raw, soul-enriched noise.
does anyone actually enjoy these cookie-cutter miscreants?
im not saying their bad, or its bad to enjoy them; but i myself cant get into the whole....(mainstream?) jive.
after watching Fuse for 20 mins it seems everyone wants to express their own sorrow and disposition through synthetic guitar filters and bland scores rather than raw, soul-enriched noise.
does anyone actually enjoy these cookie-cutter miscreants?
im not saying their bad, or its bad to enjoy them; but i myself cant get into the whole....(mainstream?) jive.
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but WHY do people appoint these individuals to floor the media outlets? just becuase they want more money huh? perhaps its time to turn to a new outlet.
after watching Fuse for 20 mins it seems everyone wants to express their own sorrow and disposition through synthetic guitar filters and bland scores rather than raw, soul-enriched noise.
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well, for starters you might try an outlet where you have to listen rather than watch.
kexp.org has a great selection of music, although the focus is definitely slanted towards the indie end of the spectrum.
you may notice that amazon.com's recommendation system, for starters, is actually pretty good about correlating people who like group x or y tending to like group z and then reccommending them.
hell, there are even search engines that can visually map out related artists.
http://www.musicplasma.com is one such example, but there are others that work in a similar fashion.
or if you want to be more involved, just start looking for messageboards that are dedicated to your favorite groups and ask people, "hey, i really like DeathSlayerz, can you you recommend me some bands that i might also like?"
i love music dearly, but i know that music video channels of any sort rarely if ever cater to even a narrow swath of what i like--so i ignore them. it's not my thing, and it doesn't sound like your thing. so instead of making some silly post groaning about how shitty MTV or Fuse or whatever, which is pretty much a given, why not put at least half that effort into finding some music that you actually like?
as BIOS mentioned--there's internet radio, your local radio (yes, mine is actually pretty good), satellite radio.
affordable but quality recording equipment plus the internet means that just about anyone who wants to put out an album can. while that's true that there's a lot more garbage out there, there's also bound to be a lot of bands that you've never heard of that you'd probably love. just try and make an effort to find them and you'll be greatly rewarded.
and as far as MTV and the rest is concerned, that machine can only swallow money (for an impromptu REM quote). that's what it's designed to do. so if you're not into that 'mainstream jive', just ignore it. the internet allows us to completely bypass that whole system, and we're better for it.
anyway, I'm happy that bands such as Megadeth and Fear Factory are going back to their beginnings and leaving the nu-metal/alternative trend behind them. Dave's newest work actually motivated me to dust off the axe and start learning new songs worth playing. Maybe this is a sign of things to come.
Turn off the TV and find a good internet radio station. I usually listen to chronixradio.com Don't let depressed teenage girls influence your listening habits.
my focus was more towards the question...
im just concerned about people who enjoy music for purposes other than money or emulating who or what they saw or HEARD on their daily media broadcast.
radio IMO is definetly not a plce to find new or more often than not, good music.
since a lot of you turned focus on to me, allow me to say i am almost overwhelmed with artists which i enjoy almost endlessly. imay never feel content with my staggering collection of cds, but i know of artists that practically dont even exist to the world!
MY outlet is infact the internet, my methods may be questionable but the moneys all going to the right place, and once in a (great) while i can actually find hard copies of the songs i want. i mentioned Fuse becuase this was the first time in a long time ive watched any form of music television. my car doesnt even have an antenna ( with good reason) and i have so many CDs in my car, they injur passengers when i hit potholes.
its kind of a glance to the future, to the impressionable few who have the chance to produce something great, or soemthing cloned and artificial. dont even ask me my favorite bands, this post is long as hell as it is 0.o
I don't think you can sing about teen angst much past your early to mid-20s and still expect to be taken seriously.
Mind you, Korn is just a prime example. There are many, many bands like this. I also wonder how long Blink-182 expect to continue singing cutesy, high school pop-punk love ballads and expect to be taken seriously ... wait ... were they ever taken seriously?
BTW - wtf is Fuse?
By the way, Astrozombie, I do believe Blink 182 is no more, good riddiance if you ask me, haha.
MoP: amen my friend.
my dad's rock band is recording an album, and most of their lyrics include wizards, castles and dragons...that sorta thing.
me and some friends are starting a band where all the songs are about Arnold Schwarzenegger, now that is content! We played a thrilling rendition of "Get in the Choppa!" at a party last night.
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fucking brilliant
Music is dead and pc gaming is dead, am i the only one who sees how asinine these threads are?
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hear hear
Pauley Shore is dead.
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pauly shore is one of my all time favorite living things. im just glad he isnt making movies anymore : /
Lets just hope the chicks are'nt dead..