how long do you think "more performers than talented musicians" trend will continue in music community?

Question

seeing "popular"bands, artists? thanks

Girl geek: yes, the only thing I happy about we have real underground :)

William: i didn't type I like or don't like it. I stated the fact, that this trend kills the music.

TeslaGirl: thank you, I think you've just nailed this question. :)

Answer 1

Actually, it's not even about preforming these days... they just stand there in expensive clothes and look nice.
It's goota kill itself sometime, doesn't it? At least I would hope so, but then again, we are in the era of youtube and a band's image/faces are spread out all over the place, and people want to SEE and hear, not just hear and that takes the majic out of teh music. And to answer your question, I have no idea, but it might last a while :0 (

Answer 2

As long as musicians record songs for the sake of the money, or for their image and not for the sake of recording a great song, no matter how much it sells, or how popular it is on the mainstream charts.

Take Led Zeppelin, for instance. This is a band who had never given a tiny rat's a** about how well received their songs were. They wrote, composed and played from the heart. And that's one of the main reasons why they were so popular. Their music was art for the sake of art.

Now, with the rise of the Emo trends (for example) , bands are supposed to have a certain look, and money, looks, fashion. Talent comes in last, sadly. That's why most bands end up sounding the same.

Answer 3

Hey Steven, good question.

For as long as ignorant people accept looks to be a substitute for actual talent. Don't get me wrong, sex appeal has always been a top factor with bands (ex. Poison, Motley Crue) BUT the difference is they actually had strong music abilities which really carried their careers. There's nothing wrong with alittle icing on the cake as long as the cake (the main ingredient) is still there.

These days, bands are frosting up cardboard boxes and passing them off as high end delicaces. Talk about a guilty pleasure... anyone who enjoys this really should feel guilty.

Ignoring the fact that music is absolute CRAP today isn't going to correct the problem tomorrow.

Now with that said, I'm going to crank up Way Cool, Jr. (Ratt) so I can really rock out the way music is meant for!

Answer 4

The populist musics of rock, folk, blues, etc. were all about making music available to those who weren't privileged enough to be a part of the world of traditional professional musicians. If you're not willing to take the good with the bad, then feel free to have neither.

If you'd like to explain how a single "trend" can kill music, as if every musician in the world belonged to the same community, I'm all ears.

Answer 5

Until MTV dies of course
Image is semi-important but music ability should be most important. And music ability should be definitely above haw much money is made. When the media starts ignoring talent, and paying attention to just popular bands (cough-MTV-cough) the music industry goes down the tube. Like it has. Let's hope this is just a passing thing

Answer 6

As long as MTV and other music video channels exist.


Ever since August 1st, 1980, it has been more about looking good than sounding good.

(If you don't get the reference of the date, sorry...)

Answer 7

Ughhh. Forever it seems.

Answer 8

forever unfortunately.