Questions about music
 

I ask a question, and the next person answers it, asks a question, and the next person answers.

I go first. Do you think Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young qualifies as a different band from CSN?

Hmmmmmm thats hard...

Technically NO but Im not a good one to judge so maybe Ill let someone else answer ya!


If that answer is OK ill ask another.

Do you like the sound of ANALOGUE music better IF THE MUSIC WAS ORIGINALLY IN ANALOGUE??

No, I think that analog and digital both have similar potential for greatness.

How do you think age affects an artist's music? Is there a general trend?

I think age effecting the artist is entirely dependent upon the artist. In some cases, like Metallica, I think age definitely plays a role. Even then though I think age is but one factor. Some artists age helps there music in terms of relevancy, look at Red Hot Chili Peppers. While the last album they put out wasn't that great they still put a fun little album out.

Do you think the Rockstar personal killed rock music in the 90's?

In terms of late 90's alternative radio rock, yeah the whole being rich and famous thing accompanied with labels searching for the "next Nirvana" by crafting generic post-grunge studio groups really diminished the quality of music coming out at the time. In the early 90's fame and overexposure drove a lot of the grunge frontmen to madness. I don't think anything necessarily "killed" rock but it did diminish what was at first a great decade for radio rock.

In your opinion, is lo-fi production a charming, honest way of making music or just lazy and unprofessional?

Yes.

Which artist had the worst effect on music history in terms of influence?

Tie between Cher (and Sonny and Cher whatever) and Underoath. Cher's responsible for terrible momrock and the ushering in of disco and then lazy autotuned pop that flooded the 2000's radio. Underoath are responsible for scene culture.

Best overall influence on popular music? Underground?

The Beatles. For underground it's very difficult to say as every genre has its own underground - maybe Swans, with their early albums there is a real sense of ignoring tradition and starting from scratch, like Lynch's Eraserhead.

Was Schoenberg's serialism a musical dead end?

It depends on your opinion of what he had to offer......


Do you consider the band CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY as good as what they became later? (Chicago)

A: Yes, they were called Chicago Transit Authority in the beginning, releasing only their debut album under CTA. By 1970 they changed their name due to legal reasons. Their songs were good, even if they did more jamming. They had more of a Hard Rock edge in the beginning compared to the Soft Rock ballads they did later on. And Robert Lamm, Terry Kath, and Peter Cetera shared lead vocals, which adds variety. So I think they were just as good. CTA is the only Chicago album listed in 1001 Album You Must Hear ...

Q: Why is mainstream music considered (by some) worse than underground music?

A: Because it has less variety and often got popular by appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Q: Where do you personally draw the line between modern and pre-modern music and why?

That's not really a term I use tbh. What first comes to mind is pre WWII music simply because of modern classical exploding after the war. I guess another good answer would be pre Internet music/music from before the time when computers were ubiquitous because that has really really changed things.

Which country's traditional folk music doesn't get enough recognition.

Israeli folk. Pretty much the same reasons other great musicians don't get recognized.

Do you think film score composers such as Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams are as essential to classical music as classical composers like Mozart or Stravinsky?

To the history of film score they are. But to music itself? It's questionable. Like how much did they influence modern music? Can they're influence still be felt?

Rob Zombie said this, "In the '90s, when the grunge rock thing hit, with NIRVANA and all that, everybody thought it was cool to be anti-rock star. But in a way they sort of anti-rock starred themselves right out the door, because the rap guys came in and they said, '**** it. We'll be the rock stars then, if you guys are going to wear flannel shirts and stare at your feet.' And in the U.S., truthfully, rock music has never recovered from that. A whole generation of kids thought, '**** this! Rock music is boring. Let's go listen to rap music.' And it's never recovered. I mean, over [in the U.K.] it's different. You could never throw a festival like [Download] in the U.S. and get this many people, with just rock music. Never" Do you agree with this statement?

I agree but it isn't necessarily a bad thing. Rock certainly had it's time in the mainstream and a lot if it was not so good anyways.

Why do you think people are scared (for lack of better word) away from certain types of music or artists? Example: Old people from metal or hipsters from Top 40.