Who's Killing The Music?

Question

REMEMBER WHEN:

: Radio was the drum.....when you listened to hear new music... when radio cuts changed every few months?

: The music was written in the spirit of wonderment?

: The power of music invaded your body making you move from the inside out, making you feel powerful?

: We bought records and went to the show to get closer, to the unadulterated truth, the unadulterated power?

: That one record could change your whole day, inspire you and soothe your wounds?

: When people wanted something real, something they could hang on to, something that could help them through life?

: M usic T ele V ision was ALL about the Music?

: It wasn't just about commercialism, advertising or endorsements?

: Music was more than a revenue generator or more than a name on a list of SoundScan winners?

: It wasn't all about the production or the extravaganza... it was about the MUSIC! and The music was ENOUGH!



Who's Killing The Music?


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A recap of the answers
Through answer 15

rappers, The pop industry, Video, pop idol, x factor, and to an extent radio one, a mix of everyone, EMO, No one, many factors, Rap/hip hop, the media, rich talentless girls with publicity agents, the corporation, Retards Attempting Poetry, making money off of music is what kills the music.

I love this place!

"Music is the way that our memories sing to us across time.
The loveliest quality of music involves its modulation upon the theme of time.
Songs, playing in the mind, become the subtlest shuttles across the years"


My aim was to receive some diverse perspectives on the present state of the music industry.

Thanks to everyone for jumping on this one.

Answer 1

I think you can't just pin it down to one thing,or person,my friend.
There are so many factors involved in it's....death.If it is dying at all.
Music is big business today....bigger than it's ever been.Profit comes first,then talent.
The ease of ANYBODY putting their music out there,by the Internet.And most have mediocre talent at best.
Our perceptions of what you and I call,"good music" also comes into play.I'm a child of the 70's,therefore I love 70's and even 80's music the best.Almost everything after that time seems.....paler somehow...doesn't hold my interest ....doesn't.......touch me inside.
There also could be the,"saturation point".There's so much music out there.Yes,most of it is crap but it takes so damn long to weed through it,you get tired,bored.It all starts sounding the same after a while.That's when I go back to the music I grew up with.....the music that's familiar.
And you mentioned the record(vinyl LP).It was something you could.....hold.I remember hours listening to music as I watched that record turn on my turntable.Now? Kind of hard to hold or watch data on an mp3 player or your computer.
Anyway,music will live on(I hope).In what form ,God only knows.Myself,I'll keep listening to what I like and ignore trends .
Great question,BTW.

Answer 2

The Ipod and track downloads. Rock and Roll was once a shared enjoy that has been relegated to a tinny whine listened to by way of men and women in fits at the morning bus. Music Downloads have lowered the function of the list manufacturer who again within the day could spot uncooked skillability, nuture it and to a factor have satisfactory manipulate. Today any individual can list an album positioned it out and contact it a few variety or 'center' due to the fact that it is supposed for a smaller viewers whilst it is honestly sh*t.

Answer 3

I believe that in a major way, it is a result of the digital revolution. There is nothing that can match the analog medium for true rendition of live sound. Vinyl gave us the musicality that is the quintessential nature of sound.

No matter how advanced in quality is cd, there is an element of full range frequencies that is missing - the musical fullness, the emotion, the hearing that is part of live music is simply not there in today's recorded medium. For some, such as myself, it is as noticeable as the difference between air and a vacuum. Though many today have never even heard music recorded in analog. I think, in general, it has set up a cycle whereby the sound, or rather what is missing, has created a degeneration in perception of music. This deadness produces a vicious cycle whereby music takes on all the baggage that we see today.

Of course, there is also that given opportunity, humankind allows materialism and sensationalism to rule. People want more and more stimulation. If music is not music, then the more noise, the more people feel like their lives are filled by as much stimulation as they can get; the riot of commercialism fills that need.

Answer 4

No NO That is how YOU and most people thought of music but you have grown up a bit since then. Now you realize that music is not now and has never been about all those glorious things we thought years ago. it is and has always been about MONEY. Cuba Gooding, Jr. said Show me the money. That is true in music as well. MTV is only around to make money. Nothing wrong with that but as we get older we realize that is what life is all about. Why would a man or woman spend millions to get a job that only pays a few hundred thousand dollars. Because it really means much more MONEY down the road.

Answer 5

I think part of it started with the fusion of entrepreneurship with music - Big artists starting fashion lines, for example.

There's a mass amount of music now, more than ever. But it's all mostly the same, washed up beats. That's probably because -a lot- of people going into the music business now care for the money aspect, instead of the music aspect. Not all, of course, but enough.

It's also partly the fault of the listeners, who will buy into the crappy, regurgitated tunes, due to peer pressure. That ruins the few good bands left. Also, though downloading free music is great, it also doesn't help make things better.

Record labels know that they'll lose money through leaked downloads, so now they won't be brave enough to sign risky deals, that could be great fresh new music. They'll only sign safe ones, creating a general decrease in quality.

It's a mix of everyone involved really.

Answer 6

Music will always change, evolve and move....you have to be able to evolve with it. No one is killing music, yes it might be a little over commercialized at times but it has always been like that. There are plenty of bands that are not on MTV that write great music, you have to search. I come from a family of musicians, my father and I both play guitar. When he told me that today's music sucks, I told him he sounds like his old man, and that he is not listening. Don't miss out on what this generation is experiencing and expressing because of an unwillingness to listen with an open ear. Don't be like my Grandfather.

Answer 7

I suppose you can ultimately blame it on "superstrings", who have, for some time now, been mostly resonating in the narrow frequencies of money-hungry superficiality and obsessive dysfunctional desire for fame. :-)

Generally speaking, I agree with you - They don't make music like they used to - with a burning passion that comes from the core. ... And NO, I am NOT saying that music should remain static and resist/question all change. ... I am talking about The Over-commercialization of Creativity [and hence the empty motives] behind the musical "creations" of the nowadays.
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Thanks for the GREAT QUESTION - your genuine love of MUSIC is quite evident.
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Answer 8

the corporation or capitalism people are in it for the money and the fame there all about a sound not a song they try and shock to get record deals money is the root of all evil money can make a man act funny

Answer 9

I see alot of ppl saying "rappers" their not destroying it, their simply jus not making it anymore, in rap music its all about the beat screw the words that is the music of rap, now their lyrics...their lyrics are some bs, rap was the 70s-late 90s, thats music today, they should label it as bullshi-

Answer 10

Rap/hip hop, the media, and rich, talentless girls with publicity agents *cough* britney, paris *cough*. Rap isn't music, hip hop is just "pretty" girls dancing around singing with completley teched up music. Same applies to the rich and talentless girls with publicity agents. Yes, if I could blame the death of awesome radio earned by great musicians with true talent, I'd blame it on rap/hip hop, the media, and talentless rich girls!

Bring back the rock!!! Rock of any age is better than all of that crap.