What ever happened to Music Eras

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-08-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

They're discovering and downloading them for themselves from the comforts of their own room, as opposed to going out and participating in the ritual of buying and sharing music with people face to face. That's how movements would start, with the gathering of like-minded people, and im not sure if this is taking place anymore to such an extent.

But that's where I think you're wrong. I think the we've simply moved from buying and sharing music face to face to the realm of the internet. I mean, look at what we do here at MB... share music, discuss music, discuss trends... etc. The gathering of like minded people has never been easier now that a punk from china can talk to a punk from Rhode Island.

I think musical movements have simply found their niche in the online world instead of the physical one.

This is what I'd like to see come of this decade, which to me seems more revolutionary than any of the previous...

Most people discover music online, which I think it'll eventually lead to a more eclectic society of music fans not nessicarily associated with any one particular movement... instead, they'll leave movement and genre breeding to the musicians and they'll become exactly that - musical styles, rather than any particular fashion or attitude along with them.

Sneer · 12-08-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

But that's where I think you're wrong. I think the we've simply moved from buying and sharing music face to face to the realm of the internet. I mean, look at what we do here at MB... share music, discuss music, discuss trends... etc. I think musical movements have simply found their niche in the online world instead of the physical one - most people discover music online and I think it'll eventually lead to a more eclectic society of music fans not nessicarily associated with any one particular movement... instead, they'll leave movement and genre breeding to the musicians and they'll become exactly that - musical styles, rather than any particular fashion or attitude along with them.

The reason i said 'to an extent' at the end of my post was because i'd already taken what you're saying into account, and i agree that there is this virtual world that now exists wherein micro-societies can develop and share. However, i do not think it has the same potency or impact as when this takes place in the real world, because ultimately you are aware that you're in a room on your own isolated and detached from those you are sharing with, and this idea of belonging just isnt as powerful as when you are actually in the flesh experiencing something with other people.

This is beginning to veer off topic, i agree with you in that i think the whole notion of genre and 'era' is blurring because of the internet. Movements and periods in musical history have been dictated by the relationships with the status Quo (charts, mainstream TV etc), even in what is dominating the masses or in what is eschewing them altogether as alternative, 'underground' and subverting. These days people are just illegally downloading songs and albums for free, you wont have the documented history to fall back on soon.